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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Abdom Imaging. 2014 Oct;39(5):1027–1035. doi: 10.1007/s00261-014-0136-7

Table 3.

Association between magnetic resonance imaging and biopsy results

Positive MR sequences Biopsy upgrade

No Yes
0 18 (72.0) 7 (28.0)
1 9 (40.9) 13 (58.1)
2 2 (40.0) 3 (60.0)
3 2 (16.7) 10 (83.3)

HR P 95% CI

2.49 <0.001 1.72–3.62
Univariate analyses
  T2 3.1 <0.001 1.8–5.2
  ADC 5.2 <0.001 2.8–9.9
  MRSI 2.3 0.01 1.2–4.2
Multivariate analysis
  T2 2.5 0.003 1.4–4.5
  ADC 2.8 0.003 1.1–6.7
  MRSI 1.2 0.59 0.6–2.7

Numbers in parenthesis are percentages

MR magnetic resonance, HR hazard ratio, P P value, CI confidence interval, T2 T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, DWI diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, MRSI magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging