Table 2

Diagnostic performance, clinical and PET metrics, and anthropometric parameters measured on 18FDG PET/CT for 5-year overall survival using an ROC analysis

Whole populationNSCLCMelanoma
Cut-offsAUCP valueCut-offsAUCP valueCut-offsAUCP value
Age at diagnosisNANA0.74NANA0.92NANA0.51
BMI25.00.610.00426.830.780.002NANA0.57
FBM5.260.620.0026.300.700.02NANA0.41
SFM3.950.610.0065.220.680.03NANA0.56
VFM0.910.64<0.0010.910.730.009NANA0.06
MBM5.850.70<0.0016.860.82<0.0015.850.600.01
LBMNANA0.0920.530.790.002NANA0.59
  • AUC, area under the curve; BMI, body mass index; FBM, fat body mass; 18FDG, 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose; 18FDG, 18F-Fluorodesoxyglucose; LBM, lean body mass; MBM, muscle body mass; NA, not available; NSCLC, non-squamous cell lung cancer; PET, positron emission tomography; ROC, receiver operator characteristics ; SFM, subcutaneous fat mass; VFM, visceral fat mass.