Table 3.
Baseline CT features and clinical data are reported for stable and grown solitary pGGNs
| Stable n=57 |
Grown n=18 |
P | ||
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| Gender | Female | 27 | 7 | 0.529 |
| Male | 30 | 11 | ||
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| Oncologic anamnesis | Negative | 20 | 9 | 0.257 |
| Positive | 37 | 9 | ||
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| Age (years) | 66.2 (51.7–73.4) | 70.4 (66.8–75.9) | 0.021 | |
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| D1 (mm) | 7.5 (6.0–9.1) | 13.0 (12.0–22.5) | <0.001 | |
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| mD (mm) | 6.8 (5.7–8.3) | 11.3 (10.3–18.8) | <0.001 | |
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| Round shape (D1/D2) | 1.25 (1.14–1.37) | 1.31 (1.11–1.63) | 0.216 | |
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| Lobar location | RUL | 22 | 8 | 0.453 |
| RML | 1 | 0 | ||
| RLL | 11 | 4 | ||
| LUL | 14 | 6 | ||
| LLL | 9 | 0 | ||
Categorical data are reported as absolute number and numeric data are reported as median (interquartile range).
CT, computed tomography; pGGNs, pure ground-glass nodules; D1, maximum diameter; mD, mean diameter; D2, orthogonal diameter; RUL, right upper lobe; RML, right middle lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; LUL, left upper lobe; LLL, left lower lobe.