Model Model one through ten: presented with OR (95%CI), p-value. | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | M7 | M8 | M9 | M10 |
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3.7 | 4.1 | 8.4 | 2.7 | |||||||
LN-ADCmean 10-6 mm2 /s | (1.1–13.3), | (1.1–14.7), | (1.8–39.0), | (0.8–9.5), | ||||||
0.040 | 0.032 | 0.007 | 0.110 | |||||||
5.6 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 | |||||||
LN-SUVmax | (1.5–20.6), | (0.6-11.1), | (1.1-20.5), | (0.5-10.7), | ||||||
0.010 | 0.179 | 0.040 | 0.30 | |||||||
5.7 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 2.8 | |||||||
LN-shape | (1.5–21.2), | (0.9–15.0), | (1.4–27.2), | (0.5–14.7), | ||||||
0.010 | 0.069 | 0.016 | 0.226 | |||||||
6.8 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | |||||||
MRI T-stage T3b T3a is not presented in the table, this is because it is not significant in any of the ten models above. | (1.1–41.6), | (1.0–28.6), | (0.7–22.0), | (0.8–25.2), | ||||||
0.039 | 0.051 | 0.126 | 0.083 | |||||||
7.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 9.3 | |||||||
LN-size mm | (1.4–40.3), | (0.7-34.7), | (0.4-31.6), | (1.4-61.1), | ||||||
0.018 | 0.116) | 0.224 | 0.020 | |||||||
Nagelkerke’s R2 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.33 | 0.23 | 0.34 | |
AUC | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 0.75 | |
Sensitivity | 72 | 74 | 67 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 74 | |
Specificity | 68 | 68 | 77 | 65 | 66 | 72 | 65 | 68 | 73 | |
PPV | 52 | 56 | 80 | 40 | 60 | 75 | 52 | 56 | 70 | |
NPV | 83 | 82 | 62 | 68 | 62 | 79 | 71 | 82 | 76 | |
Cramers’V Multicollinearity | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.54 | 0.28 | 0.66 | 0.37 | 0.72 | 0.34 |
Accuracy | 69 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 70 | 73 |
MRI DWI and 11C Acetate PET/CT findings | |
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LN-ADCmean 10-6 mm2 /s, mean (SD) range | 917 (191) 582–1398 |
LN-SUVmax, mean (SD) range | 1.8 (1.2) 0.7–5.9 |
LN size mm, mean (SD) range | 6.6 (3.7) 3.8–28.3 |
Proportion of LNs with round shape, | 19 |
Proportion of LNs with oval shape, | 34 |
MRI T-stage, | |
< T3 | 25 |
T3a | 14 |
T3b | 14 |
LN ADC Roi size mm2, median (range) | 42 (16–334) |
Tumor ADC Roi size mm2 | ≥ 80 |
N0 | N1 | OR | 95%CI | p-value | Threshold | AUC | Pseudo R2 Nagelkerke’s R2 | Sensitivity/Specificity/PPV/NPV | |
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LN-ADCmean 10-6 mm2 /s | 21 | 19 | 3.6 | 1.1-11.6 | 0.031 | ≤ 800 | 0.65 | 0.12 | 58/ |
LN-SUVmax | 28 | 25 | 5.4 | 1.6-18.7 | 0.008 | ≥ 1.6 | 0.68 | 0.18 | 72/68/52/83 |
LN-size mm | 28 | 25 | 8.7 | 1.7–44.9 | 0.010 | ≥ 7.9 | 0.66 | ||
LN round shape | 5 | 14 | 5.9 | 1.7-20.4 | 0.006 | 74/68/56/82 | |||
LN oval shape | 23 | 11 | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref |
MRI-T-stage | |||||||||
≤ T2 | 18 | 7 | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref | ref |
T3a | 7 | 7 | 2.00 | 0.4-10.5 | 0.412 | ||||
T3b | 3 | 11 | 6.0 | 1.2-29.4 | 0.027 | 0.17 | 65/67/65/67 |
Patient characteristics | |
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Patients, | 53 |
Age, median (range) | 68 (55–76) |
LN positive patients, | 26 |
PSA level ng/ml, mean (median, range) | 24 (19, 3–112) |
Biopsy Gleason score, | |
6 | 5 (9.4) |
7 | 39 (73.6) |
8 | 5 (9.4) |
9 | 4 (7.5) |
D’Amico risk classification, | |
Intermediate | 6 (11.3) |
High | 47 (88.7) |
Clincal T-stage, | |
T1c | 1 (1.9) |
T2 | 11 (20.8) |
T3 | 41 (77.4) |
Risk of LN invasion Calculated according to Briganti nomogram (26) | |
19–59% | 27 |
≥ 60% | 26 |