Table 2. Significant different imaging characteristics between patients with clear-cell and non-clear-cell renal cell carcinoma.
Characteristic | Clear-cell subtype | Non-clear-cell subtype | p (uncorrected/corrected) |
---|---|---|---|
Mean attenuation [HU] | .017/ < .001 | ||
Mean±SD | 89.36±37.47 | 71.94±23.49 | |
Median | 86.55 | 66.03 | |
Range | 12.65–190.2 | 23.95–128.7 | |
Skewness | .194/.028 | ||
Mean±SD | -0.25±0.42 | -0.13±0.47 | |
Median | -0.28 | -0.15 | |
Range | -1,15–1 | -1.1–0.8 | |
Entropy | .031/.12 | ||
Mean±SD | 6.7±0.37 | 6.54±0.26 | |
Median | 6.61 | 6.5 | |
Range | 5.75–7.59 | 6.08–7.13 | |
MPP | .015/ < .001 | ||
Mean±SD | 90.68±36.3 | 73.51±22.42 | |
Median | 86.98 | 67.7 | |
Range | 22.05–190.2 | 37.45–128.7 | |
UPP | .023/.922 | ||
Mean±SD | 0.012±0.003 | 0.015±0.009 | |
Median | 0.012 | 0.013 | |
Range | 0.006–0.027 | 0.008–0.061 |
Abbreviations: MPP—mean of positive pixels; UPP—uniformity of distribution of positive gray-level pixel values.