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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 5 Comparison of FA, ADC and MD in differentiating endometrioid adenocarcinoma grades

From: Use of diffusion-weighted imaging and diffusion tensor imaging in assessment of myometrial invasion in patients of endometrial carcinoma and its correlation with histopathological grading (Prospective study)

 

Grade 1

N = 18

Grade 2

N = 10

Grade 3

N = 11

Test of significance

P1

P2

P3

DT-FA

0.463 ± 0.085

0.296 ± 0.058

0.225 ± 0.042

 < 0.001*

 < 0.001*

 < 0.001*

0.025*

DT-MD

1.042 ± 0.16

0.861 ± 0.12

0.731 ± 0.094

 < 0.001*

0.002*

 < 0.001*

0.035*

DW-ADC

1.03 ± 0.12

0.892 ± 0.062

0.824 ± 0.072

 < 0.001*

0.001*

 < 0.001*

0.049*

  1. F = One Way ANOVA test, P: probability, *statistically significant if P < 0.05
  2. P1: difference between grade 1 and grade 2, P2: difference between grade 1 and 3, P3: difference between grade 2 and 3
  3. Parameters described as mean ± SD
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