TABLE 2

Results of Multivariate Cox Regression Analyses

Covariate added to Cox regression
AgeGlioma gradeTime since radiotherapyTumor SUV
AMT PET predictorsHR (95% CI)PHR (95% CI)PHR (95% CI)PHR (95% CI)P
Thalamic SUV2.2 (1.3–3.8)0.005*1.6 (0.9–2.9)0.11.9 (1.1–3.3)0.015*1.7 (0.9–3.2)0.1
Frontal SUV2.2 (1.04–4.6)0.04*1.5 (0.7–3.3)0.291.9 (0.95–3.9)0.071.4 (0.6–3.4)0.37
Thalamocortical SUV ratio1776 (25–122,730)0.001*597 (6.3–56,621)0.005*329 (4–25,649)0.009*506 (4.9–51,784)0.008*
  • * P value is significant.

  • HR = hazard ratio; CI = confidence interval.

  • Clinical variables and mean tumoral SUV were entered as covariates for each of the contralateral AMT predictors found significant in univariate analysis. Hazard ratios are given for AMT PET predictors after addition of each covariate to model. Thalamocortical AMT SUV ratio remained highly prognostic for survival with each of the covariates.