Table 5 Characteristics of women with benign lesions sorted by the results from the elastogram (comparison of true positives and false negatives)
From: Ultrasound real-time elastography can predict malignancy in BI-RADS®-US 3 lesions
Characteristics of women with benign lesions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
True negative cases (benign elastogram in benign lesions) | False positive cases (suspicious elastogram in benign lesions) | p | |
N | 136 | 33 | |
Age (years; mean ± SD) | 45.9 ± 14.0 | 53.1 ± 10.7 | 0.0081 |
Distance from skin in US (mm; mean ± SD) | 6.6 ± 3.8 | 7.3 ± 3.3 | n.s. |
(0.158)2 | |||
Longest axis in US (mm; mean ± SD) | 13.7 ± 6.1 | 14.2 ± 9.5 | n.s. |
(0.361)2 | |||
US-platform | S: 84.6% | S: 97.0% | n.s. |
H: 15.4% | H: 3.0% | (0.057)3 | |