Research Article

Prognostic Values of Baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT in Patients with Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma

Table 2

Comparison between low and high TMTV and TLG groups.

TMTVTLG
High ()Low ()High ()Low ()

Sex
 Female1150.0861150.126
 Male15201619
Age
 >601080.6291170.388
 ≤6016171617
B symptoms
 Yes17110.12517110.220
 No9141013
Ann Arbor stage
 I-II010<0.001280.020
 III/IV26152516
ECOG
 >1610.048610.061
 ≤120242123
BM
 Yes430.725430.811
 No22222321
LDH
 Increased1590.1211590.197
 —11161215
NCCN-IPI
 0-316200.14816200.060
 4-8105114
No. of extranodal sites
 ≥21570.0321660.023
 <211181118
IPI
 ≥31660.0071750.002
 <310191019
PIT
 >11040.0721040.104
 ≤116211720
SUVmax
 >9.5451260.098162<0001
 ≤9.54514191122

Note: Statistically significant. Abbreviations: ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; BM: bone marrow; IPI: International Prognostic Index; NCCN-IPI: National Comprehensive Cancer Network International Prognostic Index; PIT: prognostic index for T-cell lymphoma.