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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Imaging. 2016 Jun 13;40(5):1047–1054. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2016.06.002

Table 2.

Comparison of apparent diffusion coefficient values with histopathologic characteristics of fibroadenomas

Histopathologic Parameter Categories n Mean ADC± SD (10−3 mm2/s) p-value
Epithelial Hyperplasia Present 8 1.69 ± 0.33 0.02
Absent 18 2.11 ± 0.40
Stromal Cellularity Low 22 1.99 ± 0.45 0.59
High 4 1.92 ± 0.22
Immune Cell Infiltration Present 9 2.03 ± 0.39 0.74
Absent 17 1.96 ± 0.45
Stromal Type Sparse 12 2.25 ± 0.23 0.004
Dense 14 1.76 ± 0.42

Abbreviations: ADC= apparent diffusion coefficient, SD=standard deviation