Research Article

Preoperative Body Composition Combined with Tumor Metabolism Analysis by PET/CT Is Associated with Disease-Free Survival in Patients with NSCLC

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients.

Characteristic (mean ± SD)All patients (n = 154)

Gender (%)
 Female46 (29.9)
 Male108 (70.1)
Age58.49 (9.39)
BMI22.85 (3.47)
SMA110.71 (21.88)
SMI43.82 (4.15)
SMD44.00 (3.24)
VFA115.70 (56.52)
VATI43.26 (20.74)
SVR1.19 (0.59)
Sarcopenia (%)
 Without74 (48.1)
 With80 (51.9)
Pathology (%)
 Adenocarcinoma88 (57.1)
 Squamous carcinoma66 (42.9)
Differentiation (%)
 Poor50 (32.5)
 Moderate73 (47.4)
 Well31 (20.1)
 SUVmax8.41 (4.55)
 Liver SUVmean2.16 (0.43)
 Spleen SUVmean1.84 (0.35)
AJCC stage
 Stage I73 (47.4)
 Stage II46 (29.9)
 Stage III35 (22.7)
T stage (%)
 T168 (44.2)
 T261 (39.6)
 T316 (10.4)
 T49 (5.8)
N stage (%)
 N0104 (67.5)
 N124 (15.6)
 N226 (16.9)

SUVmax, maximum standard uptake value; SUVmean, mean standard uptake value; BMI, body mass index; SMA, skeletal muscle area; SMI, skeletal muscle mass index; SMD, skeletal muscle radiation density; VFA, visceral fat area; VATI, visceral adipose tissue index; SVR, skeletal muscle visceral fat ratio.