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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Sep;191(3):802–807. doi: 10.2214/AJR.07.3340

TABLE 1.

Prevalence of Cysts

Parameter Patients Screened (% of total) Patients with Cyst Cyst Prevalence per 100 (95% CI) Odds Ratioa (95% CI)

Total 2,832 (100) 73 2.6 (2.0–3.2)
Age (y)
 20–39 332 (11.7) 0 0
 40–49 439 (15.5) 6 1.4 (0.2–2) 1.00 (ref)
 50–59 711 (25.1) 11 1.5 (0.6–2) 1.13 (0.416–3.09)
 60–69 626 (22.1) 18 2.9 (1.5–4.1) 2.13 (0.84–5.43)
 70–79 528 (18.6) 22 4.0 (2.4–5.9) 3.14 (1.26–7.80)
 80–89 183 (6.5) 16 8.7 (4.6–12.9) 6.91 (2.66–17.96)
 ≥90b 13 (0.5) 0 0
Sex
 F 1,387 (49.0) 35 2.5 (1.7–3.3) 1.00 (ref)
 M 1,445 (51.0) 38 2.6 (1.8–3.4) 1.04 (0.65–1.66)
Race or ethnicity
 White 1,960 (69.2) 51 2.6 (1.9–3.3) 1.00 (ref)
 Black 648 (22.9) 16 2.4 (1.3–3.7) 0.95 (0.53–1.67)
 Asian 63 (2.2) 3 4.7 (−0.6 to 10.2) 1.87 (0.56–6.166)
 Hispanic 30 (1.1) 0 0
 Other or unknown 131 (4.6) 3 2.3 (−0.3 to 4.9) 0.88 (0.27–2.87)
Indication for CT
 Neoplasmsc 1,113 (39.3) 26 2.3 (1.4–3.2) 1.00 (ref)
 Digestive systemd 333 (11.8) 9 2.7 (0.9–4.4) 1.16 (0.53–2.5)
 Genitourinary systeme 249 (8.8) 10 4.0 (1.5–6.4) 1.74 (0.83–3.67)
 Circulatory systemf 187 (6.6) 8 4.0 (1.5–6.5) 1.86 (0.83–4.19)
 Otherg 950 (33.5) 20 2.1 (1.1–3.0) 0.90 (0.49–1.62)

Note—Dash indicates not applicable; ref indicates reference category.

a

Univariate analysis.

b

Oldest patient was 95 years old.

c

Adrenal adenoma, renal cell carcinoma, hemangioma, lung nodules, other.

d

Cirrhosis, hepatitis, hernias, irritable bowel disease, other.

e

Renal cyst, unspecified renal mass, other.

f

Abdominal aortic aneurysm, deep venous thrombosis, other.

g

Abnormal laboratory and clinical findings or pain (515), infectious disease (164), donor workup (91), and other (180).

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