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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Histopathology. 2016 Sep 23;69(6):1028–1046. doi: 10.1111/his.13035

Table 2.

Association of Histologic Features Present with Participant Agreement with Expert Consensus Diagnosis of ADH in 72 Cases

Participant diagnosis of ADH in agreement with expert consensus diagnosis of ADH?
Lesion Features Number of cases Number of assessments Agree N % Disagree N % OR (CI) P-valuea
Total 72 2070 (100%) 990 (48%) 1080 (52%)
Papillary lesion? <.001
 No 58 1667 (100%) 765 (46%) 902 (54%) 1.0
 Yes 14 403 (100%) 225 (56%) 178 (44%) 1.49 (1.19, 1.87)
Architecture pattern present in lesion: <.001
 Cribriform 55 1579 (100%) 801 (51%) 778 (49%) 1.0
 Flat 3 89 (100%) 47 (53%) 42 (47%) 1.09 (0.69, 1.71)
 Micro-papillary 9 259 (100%) 103 (40%) 156 (60%) 0.64 (0.50, 0.83)
 Solid 5 143 (100%) 39 (27%) 104 (73%) 0.36 (0.25, 0.54)
Specimen Type: 0.009
 Core 48 1381 (100%) 685 (50%) 696 (50%) 1.0
 Excision 24 689 (100%) 305 (44%) 384 (56%) 0.81 (0.69, 0.95)
Cytologic monotony in lesion: 0.013
 Very monotonous 52 1495 (100%) 742 (50%) 753 (50%) 1.0
 Not monotonous or Borderline 20 575 (100%) 248 (43%) 327 (57%) 0.77 (0.63, 0.95)
Diagnostic area obvious on low power?b: 0.020
 No 15 431 (100%) 193 (45%) 238 (55%) 1.0
 Yes 48 1381 (100%) 687 (50%) 694 (50%) 1.22 (1.00, 1.49)
 Borderline 8 229 (100%) 96 (42%) 133 (58%) 0.89 (0.65, 1.22)
Number of foci with atypia: 0.041
 1–2 foci 21 601 (100%) 264 (44%) 337 (56%) 1.0
 3–5 foci 29 834 (100%) 420 (50%) 414 (50%) 1.30 (1.06, 1.58)
 6+ foci 22 635 (100%) 306 (48%) 329 (52%) 1.19 (0.94, 1.49)
Number regions of interest (ROI) to screenb: 0.26
 1–2 foci 30 859 (100%) 420 (49%) 439 (51%) 1.0
 3–5 foci 30 869 (100%) 417 (48%) 452 (52%) 0.96 (0.82, 1.14)
 >5 foci 11 313 (100%) 138 (44%) 175 (56%) 0.82 (0.65, 1.04)
Distracting Areas? 0.19
 No 53 1528 (100%) 743 (49%) 785 (51%) 1.0
 Yes 19 542 (100%) 247 (46%) 295 (54%) 0.88 (0.74, 1.06)
Other diagnosis in Ddx or within the lesionb? 0.20
 No 23 662 (100%) 329 (50%) 333 (50%) 1.0
 Yes 48 1379 (100%) 647 (47%) 732 (53%) 0.89 (0.75, 1.06)
Number of areas with atypiab: 0.52
 1 46 1324 (100%) 620 (47%) 704 (53%) 1.0
 2 17 493 (100%) 246 (50%) 247 (50%) 1.13 (0.90, 1.41)
 3+ 7 199 (100%) 99 (50%) 100 (50%) 1.12 (0.82, 1.55)
Largest area with atypiab: 0.26
 <2.5 34 979 (100%) 460 (47%) 519 (53%) 1.0
 ≥2.5 37 1062 (100%) 524 (49%) 538 (51%) 1.10 (0.93, 1.29)
Largest single discrete focus: 0.52
 ≤2mm 58 1665 (100%) 791 (48%) 874 (52%) 1.0
 > 2mm 14 405 (100%) 199 (49%) 206 (51%) 1.07 (0.87, 1.30)
Apocrine cytology? 0.14
 No 67 1927 (100%) 914 (47%) 1013 (53%) 1.0
 Yes 5 143 (100%) 76 (53%) 67 (47%) 1.26 (0.93, 1.70)
Hyperchromatic nuclei? 0.19
 No 57 1631 (100%) 793 (49%) 838 (51%) 1.0
 Yes 15 439 (100%) 197 (45%) 242 (55%) 0.86 (0.69, 1.08)
Nucleoli present? 0.84
 No 59 1695 (100%) 809 (48%) 886 (52%) 1.0
 Yes 13 375 (100%) 181 (48%) 194 (52%) 1.02 (0.83, 1.25)
Calcifications present in lesion? 0.35
 No 43 1235 (100%) 601 (49%) 634 (51%) 1.0
 Yes 29 835 (100%) 389 (47%) 446 (53%) 0.92 (0.77, 1.10)
Development of architecture in lesion: 0.59
 Well developed 14 409 (100%) 189 (46%) 220 (54%) 1.0
 Partial or Solid/Subtle 56 1604 (100%) 768 (48%) 836 (52%) 1.07 (0.84, 1.37)
Uniformity of process in lesion: 0.79
 Uniform 53 1519 (100%) 729 (48%) 790 (52%) 1.0
 Partial 18 522 (100%) 247 (47%) 275 (53%) 0.97 (0.80, 1.19)
a

Odds ratios and p-values produced using GEE.

b

For these features, there were rare cases in which there was no agreement on the scoring (using the 3 reviewing pathologist scores). This occurred in < 1% of all assessments (8/1224) and they were not included in the overall scoring for that histologic feature.