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Table 2.

Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values for normal tissue, solid benign and malignant lesions vs b-value combinations and differences for each pair combination between tissue types

b-values (s mm⁻²)	ADC value (×10⁻³ mm² s⁻¹) for each tissue type			p-value^c	p-value^a	p-value^b
b-values (s mm⁻²)	Normal^a^,^b, mean ± SD	Benign^c^,^a, mean ± SD	Malignant^c^,^b, mean ± SD	p-value^c	p-value^a	p-value^b
50–1000^d	1.87 ± 0.47	1.78 ± 0.37	1.15 ± 0.47	<0.001	0.01	<0.001
50, 200	1.86 ± 0.41	1.86 ± 0.76	1.38 ± 0.61	<0.001	0.92	<0.001
50, 400	1.83 ± 0.40	1.90 ± 0.44	1.31 ± 0.54	<0.001	0.17	<0.001
50, 600	1.80 ± 0.42	1.81 ± 0.44	1.26 ± 0.49	<0.001	0.37	<0.001
50, 800	1.76 ± 0.38	1.81 ± 0.37	1.20 ± 0.48	<0.001	0.05	<0.001
50, 1000	1.86 ± 0.46	1.77 ± 0.37	1.15 ± 0.46	<0.001	0.03	<0.001
200, 600	1.78 ± 0.43	1.79 ± 0.48	1.22 ± 0.48	<0.001	0.24	<0.001
200, 800	1.74 ± 0.39	1.80 ± 0.39	1.16 ± 0.47	<0.001	0.08	<0.001
200, 1000	1.79 ± 0.47	1.76 ± 0.39	1.11 ± 0.45	<0.001	0.39	<0.001
400, 1000	1.71 ± 0.70	1.70 ± 0.38	1.06 ± 0.45	<0.001	0.74	<0.001

SD, standard deviation.

^{^a}

p-value differences in ADC values between normal tissue and solid benign lesions (Mann–Whitney test).

^{^b}

p-value differences in ADC values between normal tissue and solid malignant lesions (Mann–Whitney test).

^{^c}

p-value differences in ADC values between solid benign and malignant lesions (Mann–Whitney test).

^{^d}

ADC_all six b-values ranging from 50 to 1000 s mm⁻².