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. 2018 Jan;10(1):458–463. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.88

Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of variable.

Feature Benign (n=115) AAH/AIS/MIA (n=474) Lepidic (n=146) Acinar/papillary (n=345) Micropapillary/solid (n=73) IMA (n=24)
Age (y)
   <60 82 (71%) 337 (71%) 64 (44%) 181 (53%) 36 (49%) 16 (67%)
   ≥60 33 (29%) 137 (29%) 82 (56%) 164 (47%) 37 (51%) 8 (33%)
Gender
   Male 56 (49%) 119 (25%) 52 (36%) 130 (38%) 34 (47%) 9 (38%)
   Female 59 (51%) 355 (75%) 94 (64%) 215 (62%) 39 (53%) 15 (62%)
Size in lung window (mm) 12.6±5.28 10.3±3.75 19.78±8.3 18.8±7.37 24.4±7.28 15.55±5.54
Solid proportion (CTR %) 1.98±3.49 0.48±1.5 4.0±5.7 7.09±7.29 15.83±8.2 6.65±4.99
CT value (HU) −476.9±187.48 −528.55±142.05 −422.6±138.71 −289.96±157.72 −135.04±119.54 −272.46±143.56
Ground-glass component −554.56±168.7 −569.71±107.62 −550±146.64 −466.23±124.7 −421.18±117.76 −491.37±127.5
Solid component −138.85±152.65 −219.15±123.36 −142.98±114.73 −84.71±109.83 −1.14±47.39 −74.08±103.23
Location
   RUL 45 (39%) 177 (37%) 56 (38%) 118 (34%) 29 (40%) 6 (25%)
   RML 9 (8%) 29 (6%) 11 (7.5%) 31 (9%) 3 (4%) 1 (4%)
   RLL 20 (17.5%) 66 (14%) 27 (18.5%) 53 (15%) 13 (18%) 9 (38%)
   LUL 22 (19%) 138 (29%) 41 (28%) 100 (29%) 22 (30%) 2 (8%)
   LLL 19 (16.5%) 64 (14%) 11 (7.5%) 43 (12%) 6 (8%) 6 (25%)
GGN
   pGGN 40 (35%) 318 (67%) 16 (11%) 21 (6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
   mGGN 75 (65%) 156 (33%) 130 (89%) 324 (94%) 73 (100%) 24 (100%)
Pathology stage
   Benign/AAH / / / / / /
   0 / 157 (33%) / / / /
   IA1 / 304 (64%) 25 (17%) 85 (25%) 4 (5%) 11 (46%)
   IA2 / 1 (0.2%) 96 (66%) 189 (55%) 25 (34%) 11 (46%)
   IA3 / / 18 (12%) 57 (16%) 16 (22%) 0 (0%)
   IB / / 7 (5%) 14 (4%) 28 (38%) 2 (8%)

AAH, atypical adenomatous hyperplasia; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; MIA, minimally invasive adenocarcinoma; IMA, invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma; CTR, ratio of the diameter of the solid component relative to the maximal tumor diameter; RUL, right upper lobe; RML, right middle lobe; RLL, right lower lobe; LUL, left upper lobe; LLL, left lower lobe; GGN, ground-glass nodule.