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. 2023 Mar-Apr;56(2):59–66. doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2022.0067

Table 2.

Imaging parameters, by reader and by group.

Parameter Reader Adenomas (n = 52) Pheochromocytomas (n = 29) P
Size (cm), mean ± SD (range) 1 2.53 ± 1.43 (1.2 to 11) 5.32 ± 3.32 (1.4 to 16.0) < 0.0001
2 2.42 ± 1.44 (1.0 to 10.6) 5.03 ± 3.12 (1.3 to 14.9) < 0.0001
Mean attenuation (HU), mean ± SD (range) 1 4.84 ± 15.44 (–27 to 44) 36.58 ± 8.31 (11 to 47) < 0.0001
2 5.83 ± 14.81 (–29 to 49) 36.63 ± 8.27 (12 to 49) < 0.0001
calcP10 (HU), mean ± SD (range) 1 –23.04 ± 16.67 (–54 to 27) 14.55 ± 10.32 (–14 to 34) < 0.0001
2 –24.83 ± 17.06 (–64 to 34) 13.32 ± 10.25 (–19 to 30) < 0.0001
Observed P10 (HU), mean ± SD (range) 1 –23.11 ± 16.51 (–51 to 28) 14.58 ± 10.4 (–15 to 35) 0.01
2 –24.96 ± 17.0 (–59 to 35) 13.31 ± 10.61 (–20 to 31) 0.001
Calcifications, n (%) 1 1 (1.9) 5 (17.2) 0.01
2 1 (1.9) 4 (13.8) 0.03
Homogeneity, n (%) 1
Homogeneous 43 (82.7) 7 (24.1) < 0.0001
Heterogeneous 9 (17.3) 22 (75.9)
2
Homogeneous 42 (80.8) 7 (24.1) < 0.0001
Heterogeneous 10 (19.2) 22 (75.9)
Normality, n (%) 1 45 (86.5) 26 (89.7) 0.67
2 45 (86.5) 24 (82.8) 0.65