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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Incidental gastrointestinal 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake associated with lung cancer

 

Subjects with PET/CT for lung cancer

PET/CT GIT

PET/CT GIT

Positive group

Negative group

n = 230

n = 52

n = 178

Age

63 ± 10

66 ± 9

62 ± 10*

Gender

   

 Male

170 (74 %)

39 (75 %)

131 (74 %)

 Female

60 (26 %)

13 (25 %)

47 (26 %)

TNM stage

   

 I

29 (12.6 %)

7 (13.5 %)

22 (12 %)

 II

29 (12.6 %)

11 (21 %)

18 (10 %)*

 III

81 (35.2 %)

12 (23 %)

69 (39 %)*

 IV

91 (39.6 %)

22 (42.5 %)

69 (39 %)

Histology

   

 Adenocarcinoma

110 (48 %)

22 (42 %)

88 (49 %)

 Squamous cell carcinoma

73 (31.5 %)

17 (33 %)

56 (31 %)

 Small cell lung carcinoma

24 (10.5 %)

7 (13.5 %)

17 (10 %)

 Others

23 (10 %)

6 (11.5 %)

17 (10 %)

Indications

   

 Staging

196 (85 %)

46 (88.5 %)

150 (84 %)

 Restaging

34 (15 %)

6 (11.5 %)

28 (16 %)

Extrathoracic Hypermetabolic state

125 (54 %)

52 (100 %)

73 (41 %)

 Adrenal glands

18 (7.8 %)

8 (15 %)

10 (6 %)*

 Bone

45 (20 %)

11 (21 %)

34 (19 %)

 Brain

5 (2 %)

2 (4 %)

3 (2 %)

 Head and neck

24 (10.5 %)

4 (8 %)

22 (11 %)

 Muscle

10 (4.3 %)

6 (11.5 %)

4 (2 %)

 Thyroid

3 (1.3 %)

0

3 (2 %)

 Others

39 (17 %)

5 (10 %)

34 (19 %)

  1. Data are expressed as number with percentages in parentheses (%) or mean ± SD
  2. * p value < 0.05