Table 2:

[18F] FDG-PET/CT characteristics and selected texture parameters differentiating lymph node characterization in patients with HIV infection (group 1 vs 2)

Texture ParameterBenign Nodes (n = 9)Malignant Nodes (n = 13)P ValueaCutoffAUCb (GLIMMROC)
MeanSDMeanSD
Node characteristics
    Size (cm)1.4000.3001.8920.690.024<2.00.752
    Volume (cm3)0.5470.3632.5352.218.007>0.760.889
    SUVmax5.1111.6108.5623.886.042>5.50.803
Histogram
    Mean624.474.6735.375.2.017>683.30.872
    Median774.0217.91013.171.2.018>877.80.872
    Second SD93.7628.7059.8519.19.017<76.30.872
    Range273.782.9175.454.5.017<232.70.863
Geometric mean199.644.7272.863.8.032>237.30.829
    SD 581.929.416.819.2.018<62.890.872
    SD 999.749.319.517.3.017<63.160.889
GLCM
    Contrast113.120.284.116.9.009<97.70.889
    Energy0.0360.0190.0810.047.025>0.0470.812
    Homogeneity0.4510.0650.5420.069.020>0.4980.821
GLRL
    SRE0.1770.0070.1570.009<.001<0.1640.966c
    LRE0.1970.0100.1730.012.001<0.1860.957
    GLN0.1830.0090.1600.011.001<0.1720.949
    RLN0.1960.0100.1730.012.002<0.1840.932
    LRHGE224.651.8300.068.7.035>261.80.863
  • Note:—GLIMMROC indicates generalized linear mixed model receiver operating characteristic.

  • a Indicates a significant difference by the mixed linear regression model (Proc MIXED) to adjust the variance-covariance matrix among multiple values recorded for each patient (P < .05).

  • b Using the generalized linear mixed model (GLIMMROC).

  • c The highest AUC among 41 texture features.