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. 2016 Oct 5;27(6):2451–2462. doi: 10.1007/s00330-016-4598-6

Table 5.

Follow-up for incidental findings

Characteristic Total-body CT Standard work-up p*
Incidental finding of major relevance, n 24 9 0.129
 Follow-up, n (%) 12 (50.0) 5 (55.6)
 No follow-up, n (%) 9 (37.5) 0 (0.0)
 Deceased in-hospital, n (%)* 3 (12.5) 4 (44.4)
Incidental finding of moderate relevance, n 160 115 0.141
 Follow-up, n (%) 10 (6.3) 13 (11.3)
 No follow-up, n (%) 126 (78.8) 86 (74.8)
 Deceased in-hospital, n (%)* 24 (15.0) 16 (13.9)
Incidental finding of minor relevance, n 257 166 0.735
 Follow-up, n (%) 1 (0.4) 1 (0.6)
 No follow-up, n (%) 227 (88.3) 141 (84.9)
 Deceased in-hospital, n (%)* 29 (11.3) 24 (14.5)

* Incidental findings in patients who died in-hospital were excluded from this analysis

Chi-square, Fisher’s exact