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Table 3 The iodine concentration versus FVF of pleural invasion (PI) and lymphovascular invasion (LVI) of lung cancer patients

From: Quantitative evaluation of iodine and fat using dual-energy CT for assessments of the tumor aggressiveness in lung cancer

Parameter

Positive (n = 18)

Negative (n = 6)

 p value

PI: Iodine (mg/mL)

2.5 ± 1.1

2.2 ± 0.6

0.673

PI: Fat (%)

49.0 ± 29.1

32.9 ± 9.8

0.251

LVI: Iodine

3.0 ± 1.2

2.2 ± 0.8

0.137

LVI: Fat

39.3 ± 23.4

62.2 ± 29.5

0.007*

  1. Data are mean ± SDs, * p < 0.05 (Mann–Whitney test)