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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 Dec 2;24(5):1234–1241. doi: 10.1245/s10434-016-5695-0

Table 3.

Association between interpretive agreement and patient and case characteristics for all cases, and for Atypia cases (phase I diagnosis) only.

Case Characteristics All Phase I interpretations Interpreted as Atypia in Phase I a

All Cases Agreement with Phase I Interpretation Atypia Cases a Agreement with Phase I Interpretation

N (%) Rate (95% CI) p-value N (%) Rate (95% CI) p-value
Total 240 (100.0) 0.79 (0.77 - 0.81) -- 50 (100) 0.53 (0.47 - 0.59) --

 Patient Age (yrs) b
  40-49 118 (49.2) 0.79 (0.76 - 0.81) 0.34 25 (50.0) 0.52 (0.45 - 0.59) 0.31
  50-59 67 (27.9) 0.78 (0.74 - 0.81) 15 (30.0) 0.50 (0.42 - 0.58)
  60-69 29 (12.1) 0.82 (0.78 - 0.86) 5 (10.0) 0.62 (0.51 - 0.72)
  70+ 26 (10.8) 0.78 (0.73 - 0.82) 5 (10.0) 0.57 (0.45 - 0.67)
 Breast Densityc
  Low Density 118 (49.2) 0.81 (0.78 - 0.83) 0.007 21 (42.0) 0.51 (0.45 - 0.58) 0.36
  High Density 122 (50.8) 0.77 (0.75 - 0.79) 29 (58.0) 0.55 (0.48 - 0.62)
 Biopsy Type
  Core needle biopsy 138 (57.5) 0.78 (0.76 - 0.81) 0.70 31 (62.0) 0.56 (0.50 - 0.62) 0.037
  Excisional biopsy 102 (42.5) 0.79 (0.77 - 0.81) 19 (38.0) 0.48 (0.41 - 0.56)
 Average Number of Diagnoses per Cased
  1 14 (5.8) 0.98 (0.95 - 0.99) <0.001 0 (0.0) (-) 0.49
  >1 and ≤2 194 (80.8) 0.79 (0.77 - 0.81) 39 (78.0) 0.53 (0.47 - 0.59)
  >2 and ≤3 30 (12.5) 0.73 (0.68 - 0.77) 10 (20.0) 0.56 (0.45 - 0.65)
  >3 2 (0.8) 0.42 (0.24 - 0.61) 1 (2.0) 0.33 (0.10 - 0.68)
a

Includes all interpretations considered to be Atypia by pathologists in Phase I.

b

The patient's age and type of biopsy information were provided to participants.

c

Low density (almost entirely fat or scattered fibroglandular densities) and high density (heterogeneously or extremely dense). Breast density information was not provided to participants.

d

Represents the number of diagnostic subtypes checked by pathologists in phase I per each interpretation, averaged at the level of the case.