Collagen fiber features and COL1A1: are they associated with elastic parameters in breast lesions, and can COL1A1 predict axillary lymph node metastasis?

Table 3 Correlation between the different collagen fiber categories and SWE parameters in 94 breast lesions

	N	Kendall’s tau-b correlation coefficient	P value
Emax vs. collagen fibers categories	94	0.318	< 0.001
Emean vs. collagen fibers categories	94	0.261	0.001
Eratio vs. collagen fibers categories	94	0.349	< 0.001

Emax, maximum elasticity; Emean, mean elasticity; Eratio, elasticity ratio of lesions to peripheral tissue

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