TABLE 2:

Differentiation of tumors as benign versus malignant

Parameter	Malignant (n = 36)		Benign (n = 13)		Control (n = 15)		F Score^*	P Value^*
Parameter	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	F Score^*	P Value^*
NAA/Cho	0.65	0.28	1.12	0.59	1.35	0.14	25.186	.000^†
NAA/Cr	1.05	0.38	1.42	0.51	1.68	0.28	15.310	.000^†
NAA/Cho + Cr	0.39	0.15	0.61	0.25	0.75	0.01	28.061	.000^†
Cho/Cr	1.74	0.61	1.45	0.65	1.24	0.16	4.696	.013^§
Lactate/Cr	0.28	0.22	0.01	0.14	0.00	0.00	16.632	.000^\|
Lipid/Cr	0.36	0.28	0.29	0.19	0.16	0.01	3.779	.028^§
Lactate/lipid	0.85	0.78	0.18	0.43	0.00	0.00	12.291	.000^¶
Alanin/Cr	0.00	0.00	0.21	0.25	0.00	0.00	18.451	.000^#
ADC_T	102.81	17.94	107.69	8.05	79.37	4.10	18.018	.000^**
ADC_PT	158.90	32.87	94.23	29.25	79.37	4.10	53.419	.000^††

Note.—ADC_T indicates calculated ADC values from tumoral area; ADC_PT, calculated ADC values from peritumoral area; NS, no significance.
* F score and P values were obtained by using Tukey pairwise post hoc test.
† benign > malignant, control > malignant P < .001; control > benign P < .05.
‡ control > malignant P < .001; benign > malignant P < .05; otherwise NS.
§ malignant > control P < .05; otherwise NS.
| malignant > benign, malignant > control P ≤ .001; otherwise NS.
¶ malignant > control P < .001; malignant > benign P < .05; otherwise NS.
# benign > malignant, benign > control P < .001; otherwise NS.
** benign > control, malignant > control P < .001; otherwise NS.
†† malignant > benign, malignant > control P < .001; otherwise NS.