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Table 1 Comparison of clinical and conventional imaging characteristics between benign and malignant groups

From: Diagnostic value of multiple b-value diffusion-weighted imaging in discriminating the malignant from benign breast lesions

Variables

Benign (n = 41)

Malignant (n = 38)

p

Age

47.00 [38.00, 50.00]

48.50 [42.25, 56.50]

0.159

CA153

8.00 [5.50, 9.90]

9.05 [5.23, 12.85]

0.301

CA125

7.70 [5.30, 13.10]

6.70 [5.58, 12.30]

0.495

CA199

14.23 [8.60, 22.37]

13.86 [8.80, 20.87]

0.549

CEA

1.00 [0.51, 1.82]

0.85 [0.47, 1.94]

0.768

Tumor longest diameter

14.40 [10.60, 17.50]

15.40 [13.43, 20.82]

0.116

Menopause stage

0.203

Post

6 (14.63)

11 (28.95)

 

Pre

35 (85.37)

27 (71.05)

 

internal enhancement pattern

0.112

Homogeneous

27 (65.85)

23 (60.53)

 

Heterogeneous

5 (12.20)

11 (28.95)

 

Rim enhancement

9 (21.95)

4 (10.53)

 

TIC

0.428

I

13 (31.71)

13 (34.21)

 

II

15 (36.59)

9 (23.68)

 

III

13 (31.71)

16 (42.11)

 

Tumor position

0.163

Upper-inner quadrant

9 (21.95)

12 (31.58)

 

Lower-inner quadrant

8 (19.51)

4 (10.53)

 

Upper-outer quadrant

15 (36.59)

19 (50.00)

 

Lower-outer quadrant

9 (21.95)

3 (7.89)

 

Breast dense

0.970

Fat

1 (2.44)

1 (2.63)

 

Fibro-glandular tissue

6 (14.63)

7 (18.42)

 

Heterogeneous fibro-glandular tissue

20 (48.78)

17 (44.74)

 

Extreme fibro-glandular tissue

14 (34.15)

13 (34.21)

 
  1. TIC represents time-intensity curve and persist(I), plateau (II), and washout (III). CEA represents carcinoembryonic antigen, CA 125 represents carbohydrate antigen 125, CA153 represents carbohydrate antigen 153, CA199 represents carbohydrate antigen 199