Research Article

Prediction of Overall Survival and Progression-Free Survival by the 18F-FDG PET/CT Radiomic Features in Patients with Primary Gastric Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Table 4

Univariate analysis (positron emission tomography).

OSPFS
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

B Symptoms (yes vs. no)0.257 (0.042–1.562)0.1400.213 (0.047–0.967)0.045
SUVmax (≥3.7173 vs. <3.7173)34.057 (0.009–127920.296)0.40133.806 (0.031–36395.638)0.323
MTV (≥66.5 vs. <66.5)12.972 (1.448–116.210)0.0228.049 (1.558–41.576)0.013
Histogram based

Kurtosis (≥2.9179 vs. <2.9179)13.090 (1.442–118.819)0.0224.293 (0.945–19.509)0.059
Shape based

Volume (≥44.8928 vs. <44.8928)10.139 (1.131–90.883)0.0386.426 (1.245–33.166)0.026
Compacity (≥1.7565 vs. <1.7565)116.242 (0.060–226261.65)0.2189.662 (1.161–80.383)0.036
GLRLM

GLNU (≥178.7649 vs. <178.764)10.968 (1.814–66.311)0.00914.642 (2.661–80.549)0.002
RLNU (≥257.1264 vs. <257.126)99.553 (0.060–164129.050)0.2248.487 (1.021–70.553)0.048

NGLDM
Coarseness (≥0.0069 vs. <0.0069)0.099 (0.011–0.884)0.0380.156 (0.030–0.804)0.026

GLRLM, gray-level run length matrix; GLNU, gray-level nonuniformity; RLNU, run length nonuniformity; NGLDM, neighborhood gray-level difference matrix; SUVmax, maximum standardized uptake value; MTV, metabolic tumor volume; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; PFS, progression-free survival; OS, overall survival; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval. Asterisk () indicates significance with a value of <0.05 (shown in bold).