PARAMETER | Benign (II) | Malign (V-VI) | Total | OR (IC 95%) | P value | LOGISTIC REGRESSION | PAIRED SUBANALYSIS (103 cases vs 103 controls) | SCORE | ||
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PATIENTS (NODULES) | 326 (62.14%) | 103 (24%) | 429 | - | - | - | - |
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Median | 56 ± 14.1 | 46.1 ± 13.9 |
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M | 60 (18.4%) | 16 (15.53%) | 76 | - | - | - | - |
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F | 266 (81.6%) | 87 (84.47%) | 353 |
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HYPOECHOIC | 116 (35%) | 80 (77.67%) | 196 | 6.29 (3.75 - 10.55) | <0.001 | 4.18 (2.18 - 8.00) | 4.85 (2.64 - 8.90) | <0.001 | 1.24 (0.45 - 3.41) | 1 |
SOLID | 174 (53.37%) | 96 (93.2%) | 270 | 11.98 (5.39 - 26.58) | <0.001 | 6.13 (2.46 - 15.28) | 15.11 (6.4 - 35.7) | <0.001 | 15.08 (4.3 - 52.90) | 2 |
IRREGULAR MARGINS | 37 (11.35%) | 46 (44.66%) | 83 | 6.30 (3.75 - 10.57) | <0.001 | 3.65 (1.92 - 6.93) | 15.81 (5.94 - 42.1) | <0.001 | 11.04 (4.41 - 35.69) | 2 |
MICROCALCIFI-CATIONS | 68 (20.86%) | 68 (66.02%) | 136 | 7.37 (4.52 - 12.00) | <0.001 | 6.46 (3.59 - 11.63) | 9.82 (5.07 - 19.03) | <0.001 | 6.98 (3.0 - 16.22) | 2 |
ABSENCE OF A HALO | 118 (36.2%) | 18 (17.48%) | 136 | 0.37 (0.21 - 0.65) | <0.001 | 2.23 (1.12 - 4.44) | 0.34 (0.18 - 0.66) | <0.001 | 2.45 (0.99 - 6.07) | 1 |
DIAMETER ≥ 10 mm | 226 (69.33%) | 85 (82.52%) | 311 | 2.08 (1.19 - 3.65) | <0.001 | 3.17 (1.57 - 6.41) | 2.03 (1.05 - 3.93) | <0.001 | 3.24 (1.25 - 8.45) | 1 |
CENTRAL FLOW | 213 (65.34%) | 76 (73.79%) | 289 | 1.49 (0.81 - 2.44) | <0.001 | 1.26 (0.65 - 2.45) | 1.64 (0.9 - 2.98) | 0.13 | - | 1 |