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. 2018 Apr 18;13(4):e0195270. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195270

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.