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Table 2 Relation of histopathological diagnosis to clinical data and correlation between MRI enhancement pattern and histopathological diagnosis correlation between type of kinetic curve and ADC values

From: Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging in differentiation of breast lesions

  

Benign

Malignant

T test

(n = 26)

(n = 24)

P-value

Clinical data

Age (years)

39.23 ± 10.70

57.25 ± 12.48

< 0.001*

Parity Nulliparous (%)

35

65

< 0.001*

Family history Positive (%)

38

62

< 0.001*

  

(n = 23)

(n = 22)

χ2 Test

P-value

Enhancement pattern

Homogenous enhancing mass

13 (56.52%)

4 (18.18%)

< 0.01*

Non mass enhancement

5 (21.74%)

9 (40.91%)

Heterogeneous enhancing mass

3 (13.04%)

9 (40.91%)

Focus enhancement

1 (4.35%)

0

Mass with ring enhancement

1 (4.35%)

0

Total

23 (100%)

22 (100%)

100

Kinetic curve

Type I

20 (86.95%)

1 (4.6%)

< 0.001*

Types 2 and 3

3 (13.05%)

21 (95.4%)

Sens

Spec

PPV

NPV

Accuracy

95.4%

86.95%

95.4

86.95

91.1%

 

Kinetic curve

T-test

Type I

Type II and III

t

P-value

ADC (×10−3 mm2/s)

1.375 ± 0.124

1.068 ± 0.259

5.105

< 0.001*

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD or frequency (%), *: significant difference at p value < 0.05, ADC: apparent diffusion coefficient