Results of Multivariate Cox Regression Analyses
Covariate added to Cox regression | ||||||||
Age | Glioma grade | Time since radiotherapy | Tumor SUV | |||||
AMT PET predictors | HR (95% CI) | P | HR (95% CI) | P | HR (95% CI) | P | HR (95% CI) | P |
Thalamic SUV | 2.2 (1.3–3.8) | 0.005* | 1.6 (0.9–2.9) | 0.1 | 1.9 (1.1–3.3) | 0.015* | 1.7 (0.9–3.2) | 0.1 |
Frontal SUV | 2.2 (1.04–4.6) | 0.04* | 1.5 (0.7–3.3) | 0.29 | 1.9 (0.95–3.9) | 0.07 | 1.4 (0.6–3.4) | 0.37 |
Thalamocortical SUV ratio | 1776 (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.