Parameter | HR | Confidence interval | P |
Clinical parameters | |||
T stage | 1.5 | 0.75–2.8 | 0.27 |
N stage | 1.3 | 0.71–2.5 | 0.38 |
UICC stage | 0.84 | 0.41–1.7 | 0.64 |
Smoker | 1.7 | 1–2.8 | 0.045 |
PET parameters | |||
MTV | 1.8 | 1.1–2.9 | 0.019 |
TLG | 1.5 | 0.94–2.4 | 0.086 |
TLGSUR | 1.6 | 0.95–2.7 | 0.083 |
1.6 | 0.94–2.8 | 0.084 | |
SUVmax | 1.6 | 0.99–2.7 | 0.056 |
SURmax | 2 | 1.2–3.6 | 0.012 |
1.9 | 1.1–3.2 | 0.019 | |
SURmean | 2.1 | 1.2–3.7 | 0.01 |
1.7 | 0.95–3.1 | 0.071 |
Each PET parameter was analyzed separately together with clinical parameters, which were significant prognostic factors (or exhibited a trend for significance) in univariate Cox regression. HRs and P values of clinical parameters were averaged over all analyses.