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Table 2 Independent Predictors of SUVmax of the primary Lesion: Linear Regression Model

From: Correlation of primary tumor metabolic parameters with clinical, histopathological and molecular characteristics in breast cancer patients at pre-operative staging FDG-PET/CT study

Variable

β (95% CI)

T-Statistics

P-value

• Constant

23.50 (12.79 – 34.23)

4.437

< 0.001

• Age/years

-0.25 (-0.46 : –0.04)

-2.455

= 0.019

• Disease Stage (III & IV)

6.27 (1.16 – 11.37)

2.485

= 0.017

• Post-menopausal

-7.10 (-11.71 : -2.49)

-3.12

= 0.003

• ER-Receptors (Negative)

7.58 (1.93 – 13.23)

2.717

= 0.010

• PR-Receptors (Negative)

4.24 (-0.84 – 9.31)

1.691

= 0.099

• Her2 neu -Receptors (Negative)

-2.35 (-7.70 - 3.00)

-0.889

= 0.379

• Tumor Size/cm

2.24 (-0.14 – 4.63)

1.903

= 0.065

• Axillary LN (Positive)

-6.07 (-0.93 – -11.20)

2.393

= 0.022

  1. CI, Confidence Interval