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Table 2 Ultrasound examination

From: Evidence and assessment of parenchymal patterns of ultrasonography for breast cancer detection among Chinese women: a cross-sectional study

Parenchymatous Category

Cytopathological confirmed breast cancer women

Cytopathological not confirmed breast cancer women

Comparisons

Women

541

849

OR

95% Cl

p-value

Heterogeneous

49 (9)*

21 (2)

3.927

2.327–6.627

 < 0.0001

Ductal

29 (5)

65 (8)

0.683

0.435–1.073

0.101

Mixed

168 (31)

502 (59)

0.311

0.248–0.391

 < 0.0001

Fibrous

295 (55)*

261 (31)

2.702

2.161–3.378

 < 0.0001

  1. Variable are demonstrated as frequency (percentages)
  2. Fischer exact test was performed for statistical analyses
  3. All results were considered significant if the p-value was less than 0.05 and OR more than 1
  4. OR: Odd ratio,
  5. Cl: Confidence interval
  6. *Significantly higher value