Table 3 Univariate logistic regression analyses for the association of investigated parameters with the presence of necrosisvisual.

From: Relationship between semiquantitative 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography metrics and necrosis in classical Hodgkin lymphoma

covariates

Odds ratio

95% CI

P-value (Wald-test)

Stage

I-II

1

  

III-IV

0.9

0.27–3.2

0.9

IPS

0–2

1

  

3–7

1.75

0.5–6.2

0.39

Bulky disease

Absent

1

  

Present

8.53

2.3–32.1

0.002**

SUVmax

<Median

1

  

≥Median

1.13

0.34–3.8

0.85

SUVmean

<Median

1

  

≥Median

0.89

0.27–3.0

0.85

SUVpeak

<Median

1

  

≥Median

0.77

0.23–2.6

0.67

MTV

<Median

1

  

≥Median

2.68

0.74–9.7

0.13

TLG

<Median

1

  

≥Median

4.3

1.1–17.2

0.041*

  1. *P < 0.05.
  2. **P < 0.01.
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