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. 2007 Aug 17;21(4):446–451. doi: 10.1007/s10278-007-9048-1

Table 2.

The Univariate Association of Adverse Attenuation with Other Parameters

Variables P R
Age/years 0.54 −0.07
Body mass index (kg/m2) 0.49 0.10
Anteroposterior breast tissue thickness/cm 0.15 0.18
Anteroposterior internal density (Hounsfield units) 0.97 0.005
Anteroposterior external density (Hounsfield units) 0.93 −0.11
Anteroposterior middle density (Hounsfield units) 0.87 0.02
Lateral breast tissue thickness/cm 0.002 0.37
Lateral internal density (Hounsfield units) 0.009 −0.32
Lateral external density (Hounsfield units) 0.76 −0.03
Lateral middle density (Hounsfield units) 0.09 −0.21
Left anterior oblique breast tissue thickness/cm 0.008 0.33
Left anterior oblique internal density (Hounsfield units) 0.14 −0.19
Left anterior oblique external density (Hounsfield units) 0.52 0.08
Left anterior oblique middle density (Hounsfield units) 0.11 −0.20