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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Prognostic value of metabolic activity of the psoas muscle evaluated by preoperative 18F-FDG PET-CT in breast cancer: a retrospective cross-sectional study

 

Recurred

(n = 26)

Not recurred

(n = 262)

Total

(n = 288)

P-value

Median age, years (range)

57 (29–76)

52 (29–82)

52 (29–82)

0.490a

Follow-up, month (range)

55 (9.5–89.4)

72.8 (0.9–83.1)

72.5 (0.9–89.4)

0.019a

BMI (kg/m2)

23.1

22.7

22.8

0.704a

DM, n (%)

 No

24 (92.3)

238 (90.8)

262 (91.0)

> 0.999b

 Yes

2 (7.7)

24 (9.2)

26 (9.0)

 

Menopause, n (%)

 No

9 (34.6)

114 (43.5)

123 (42.7)

0.382a

 Yes

17 (65.4)

148 (56.5)

165 (57.3)

 

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

 No

25 (96.2)

251 (95.8)

276 (95.8)

> 0.999b

 Yes

1 (3.8)

11 (4.2)

12 (4.2)

 

T stage, n (%)

 T1

5 (19.2)

131 (50.0)

136 (47.2)

< 0.001a

 T2

13 (50.0)

113 (43.1)

126 (43.8)

 

 T3

8 (30.8)

17 (6.5)

25 (8.7)

 

 T4

0

1 (0.4)

1 (0.3)

 

N stage, n (%)

 N0

9 (34.6)

167 (63.7)

176 (61.1)

< 0.001a

 N1

7 (26.9)

72 (27.5)

79 (27.4)

 

 N2

4 (15.4)

15 (5.7)

19 (6.6)

 

 N3

6 (23.1)

8 (3.1)

14 (4.9)

 

ER, n (%)

 Negative

16 (61.5)

62 (23.7)

78 (27.1)

< 0.001a

 Positive

10 (38.5)

200 (76.3)

210 (72.9)

 

PR, n (%)

 Negative

18 (69.2)

83 (31.7)

101 (35.1)

< 0.001a

 Positive

8 (30.8)

179 (68.3)

187 (64.9)

 

HER2, n (%)

 Negative

11 (42.3)

173 (66.0)

184 (63.9)

0.016a

 Positive

15 (57.7)

89 (34.0)

104 (36.1)

 

Ki-67, n (%)

  < 14%

4 (15.4)

79 (30.2)

83 (28.8)

0.160a

  ≥ 14%

20 (76.9)

182 (69.5)

202 (70.1)

 

 Not available

2 (7.7)

1 (0.4)

3 (1.0)

 

TNBC, n (%)

 No

19 (73.1)

234 (89.3)

253 (87.8)

0.025b

 Yes

7 (26.9)

28 (10.7)

35 (12.2)

 

Surgery, n (%)

 Breast-conserving surgery

10 (38.5)

194 (74.0)

84 (29.2)

< 0.001a

 Mastectomy

16 (61.5)

68 (26.0)

204 (70.8)

 

Chemotherapy, n (%)

 No

2 (7.7)

24 (9.2)

26 (9.0)

> 0.999b

 Yes

24 (92.3)

238 (90.8)

262 (91.0)

 

Adjuvant radiotherapy, n (%)

 No

6 (23.1)

49 (18.7)

55 (19.1)

0.644

 Yes

20 (76.9)

205 (78.2)

225 (78.1)

 

Lost to follow-up

0

8 (3.1)

8 (2.8)

 

SUVmean

0.910 (0.766–1.082)

0.869 (0.792–1.093)

0.904 (0.767–1.087)

0.767

SUVmax

1.006 (0.851–1.177)

0.941 (0.829–1.260)

1.006 (0.845–1.179)

0.956

SUVRmean

0.414 (0.365–0.464)

0.471 (0.382–0.495)

0.417 (0.367–0.469)

0.046

SUVRmax

0.454 (0.400–0.500)

0.488 (0.400–0.575)

0.455 (0.400–0.506)

0.093

SUVRmean, n (%)

 Low

11 (42.3)

195 (74.4)

206 (71.5)

0.001a

 High

15 (57.7)

67 (25.6)

82 (28.5)

 

SUVRmax, n (%)

 Low

18 (69.2)

244 (93.1)

262 (91.0)

0.001b

 High

8 (30.8)

18 (6.9)

26 (9.0)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, DM diabetes mellitus, ER estrogen receptor, PR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, TNBC triple-negative breast cancer, achi-squared test, bFisher exact test