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. 2016 Jun 21;24(1):145–152. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocw069

Table 1.

Selected individual features for discriminating pancreatic cysts by type

Cyst type Clinical Feature Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Q-value
SCA No communication with MPD 100 60 3.6 × 10−9
No MPD dilation 100 34 3.6 × 10−9
Single cyst 91 42 4.0 × 10−9
Sex (female) 71 44 6.1 × 10−5
SPN Age <55 years 90 77 2.2 × 10−10
Single cyst 100 35 2.1 × 10−6
Sex (female) 83 40 5.5 × 10−3
Location, body/tail 65 63 5.3 × 10−3
MCN Sex (female) 94 42 8.9 × 10−10
Location, body/tail 80 67 8.9 × 10−10
Single cyst 100 37 8.9 × 10−10
No communication with MPD 100 38 8.9 × 10−10
IPMN Age ≥65 years 67 66 6.9 × 10−10
Multiple cysts 39 95 6.9 × 10−10
Location, head/ uncinate/neck 61 68 6.9 × 10−10
Communication with MPD 78 100 6.9 × 10−10

MPD = main pancreatic duct. Sensitivity and specificity for identifying each of 4 cyst types using the corresponding features are listed. Q-values are Fisher's exact 2-tailed P-values corrected using the Benjamini and Hochberg false discovery rate.