Table 3.
VASARI features predicting high grade glioma yields 8 significant features with non-zero coefficients
| Selected VASARI features | Logistic LASSO coefficient | Category | OR (95% CI) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f4–enhancement quality | 1.090 | (marked/avid) | 20.70 (4.782—89.607) | < 0.001 |
| f5–proportion enhancing | 1.549 | (34–67%) | 11.48 (1.302—75.159) | 0.028 |
| f7–proportion necrosis | 0.719 | |||
| f8–cysts | -1.004 | |||
| f10–T1/FLAIR ratio | 0.503 | (infiltrative) | 41.99 (4.603—383.215) | 0.001 |
| f13–definition of the non-enhancing margin | 0.449 | |||
| f16–hemorrhage | 0.650 | (yes) | 13.57 (4.553—40.442) | < 0.001 |
| f17–diffusion characteristics | 0.966 |
Categories (within parentheses) have significant odds ratios compared to their base categories for predicting high grade glioma
VASARI Visually AcceSAble Rembrandt Images, OR odds ratio, FLAIR fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, LASSO (Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator)