a trend towards significancep = 0.06
A trend towards significance was found between ADC kurtosis and TRG ( ρ = − 0.40; p = 0.06), between SUV kurtosis and TRG ( ρ = − 0.40; p = 0.07) and between SUV kurtosis and N stage ( ρ = − 0.39; p = 0.07) (Tables 2 , 3 , 4 ).