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. 2015 Dec 3;89(1057):20150536. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150536

Table 4.

Quantitative analysis

MRI features Prevalence Sensitivity Specificity Accuracy PPV NPV K
Size > 7 cm MCAs 11/43 82 74 77 62 89 0.522
MCACs 18/22
Septa > 3 mm MCAs 6/43 91 86 88 77 95 0.737
MCACs 20/22
Wall > 3 mm MCAs 8/43 86 81 83 70 92 0.642
MCACs 19/22
Number of cysts > 4 MCAs 8/43 77 81 80 68 87 0.568
MCACs 17/22

k, κ-Cohen; MCAs, mucinous cystoadenomas; MCACs, mucinous borderline tumours and cystoadenocarcinomas; NPV, negative-predictive value; PPV, positive-predictive value.

The table shows the prevalence in each group (MCAs and MCACs) of quantitative variables at their best cut-off values: size >7 cm, septa thickness >3 mm, wall thickness >3 mm and number of cysts >4, with respective sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, PPV and NPV and agreement on malignancy (k) calculated by the κ-Cohen test.