Table 2 Characteristics of patients with or without relapse after surgical resection for lung adenocarcinoma.

From: The role of Thyroid Transcription Factor-1 and Tumor differentiation in Resected Lung Adenocarcinoma

Variable

No relapse (n = 426)

Relapse (n = 94)

p-valuea

Age (year)

61.60 ± 10.98

62.04 ± 11.53

0.728

SUVmax of tumor

3.74 ± 3.70

6.09 ± 4.23

<0.001

Tumor size (cm)

2.09 ± 1.29

2.89 ± 1.35

<0.001

CEA (ng/mL)

6.11 ± 27.23

9.13 ± 19.43

0.346

Number of dissected LNs

12.35 ± 7.06

11.47 ± 6.85

0.726

  1. aSignificance was assessed using Student’s t test. SUVmax, maximum standard uptake value; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; LNs, lymph nodes.
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