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Table 1.

Characteristics of the included studies

Authors	Pub. Year^a	Study type^b	N^c	Age mean^d	Age min.^e	Age max.^f	Field^g	Scan seq.^h	Uni/bilatⁱ	Compression^j	Mean size^k	QUADAS score^l
Rodenko et al. [32]	1996	1	20	60	38	84	2	1	1	0	X	11
Sittek et al. [34]	1998	1	23	X	X	X	1	2	2	0	X	11
Weinstein et al. [36]	2001	1	17	53	32	69	2	2	1	1	1,7	12
Kim et al. [41]	2001	1	12	54^m	24^m	88^m	2	2	1	0	2,1^m	12
Trecate et al. [35]	2001	1	28	X	32	81	2	2	2	0	X	9
Francis et al. [24]	2001	2	22	X	X	X	2	2	2	0	3,7	12
Qayyum et al. [30]	2002	1	13	55	46	84	2	1	1	0	X	11
Munot et al. [28]	2002	1	20	61	39	78	2	3	2	0	X	11
Yeh et al. [38]	2003	1	19	59	42	79	2	2	2	0	4,1	11
Kneeshaw et al. [26]	2003	1	21	57	43	72	2	2	1	0	X	11
Quan et al. [31]	2003	1	62	53	X	X	2	2	3	1	X	10
Bedrosian et al. [39]	2003	1	24	53^m	X	X	2	0	0	1	X	10
Schelfout et al. [33]	2004	1	26	57	41	74	3	2	2	0	X	11
Diekmann et al. [22]	2004	1	17	X	X	X	0	0	0	0	X	10
Boetes et al. [19]	2004	1	34	55	35	78	2	2	2	0	4,9	10
Berg et al. [40]	2004	2	29	X	X	X	3	2	2	0	X	13
Kepple et al. [25]	2005	1	29	62	51	67	2	1	3	0	X	9
Fabre Demard et al. [23]	2005	1	34	X	X	X	2	2	2	0	X	11

^aYear of publication of the original article

^b1 indicates retrospective cohort study, 2 indicates prospective cohort study

^cNumber of patients included

^dMean age of all included patients, X denotes not mentioned

^eAge of respective youngest patient included in the study

^fAge of respective eldest patient included in the study

^gStrength of magnetic field—0 denotes unknown, 1 denotes 1 T, 2 denotes 1.5 T, 3 denotes both 1 T and 1.5 T

^hType of scan sequence used—0 denotes unknown, 1 denotes RODEO, 2 denotes FLASH 3D, 3 denotes other

ⁱUnilateral or bilateral imaging of the breast—0 denotes unknown, 1 denotes unilateral, 2 denotes bilateral, 3 denotes both unilateral and bilateral depending on the patient

^jCompression applied to the breast—0 denotes no, 1 denotes yes

^kMean size of the lesions in centimeters, X denotes not mentioned

^lNumber of items valid on QUADAS scorings list

^mValid for whole study population only, not for subpopulation of patients with ILC