Figure 2From: The analysis of respiration-induced pancreatic tumor motion based on reference measurementTumor motion amplitudes and variability of prediction for men and women. We observed no significant difference between men and women regarding tumor motion amplitudes in all three directions: SI p = 0.056 (A); LL p = 0.549 (B); and AP p = 0.052 (C). Variability of prediction for the SI direction (D), men: y = 2.2008 + 0.7015*x; r = 0.7285; p = 0.0000; and women: y = 9.4583 + 0.1804*x; r = 0.2695; p = 0.0163. Test for difference between two correlation coefficients, p = 0.0000. Test for difference between two regression coefficients, p = 0.0001. LL direction (E), men: y = 1.7543 + 0.4717*x; r = 0.4572; p = 0.000; and women: y = 4.6229-0.2843*x; r = -0.2505; p = 0.026. Test for difference between two correlation coefficients, p = 0.0000. Test for difference between two regression coefficients, p = 0.0001. AP direction (F), men: y = 1.8117 + 0.346*x; r = 0.4538; p = 0.0000; and women: y = 2.7144 + 0.261*x; r = 0.1993; p = 0.0802. Test for difference between two correlation coefficients, p = 0.07. Test for difference between two regression coefficients, p = 0.57.Back to article page