Spectral computed tomography parameters of primary tumors and lymph nodes for predicting tumor deposits in colorectal cancer

Table 2 Spectral computed tomography parameters of the tumor deposits+ group and tumor deposits- group

Parameters	TDs+ group	TDs- group	T	P value
Lymph node long diameter	10.38 ± 4.77	8.25 ± 3.11	-2.874	0.014
Lymph node short diameter	7.96 ± 3.61	6.18 ± 2.00	-3.45	< 0.001
Lymph node area	57.39 ± 42.73	38.15 ± 25.22	-3.049	< 0.001
AP-NIC-LN	0.16 ± 0.05	0.22 ± 0.08	3.57	0.085
AP-NIC-T	0.19 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.05	-0.977	0.497
AP-NIC-NTR	0.89 ± 0.24	1.27 ± 0.37	-5.573	0.016
VP-NIC-LN	0.48 ± 0.12	0.56 ± 0.16	2.632	0.018
VP-NIC-T	0.54 ± 0.11	0.49 ± 0.11	-2.14	0.034
VP-NIC-NTR	0.90 ± 0.15	1.16 ± 0.26	5.39	0.004

TDs: Tumor deposits; AP: Arterial phase; VP: Venous phase; NIC: Normalized iodine concentration; LN: Lymph node; T: Primary tumor; NTR: Lymph node-to-primary tumor ratio.