Table 3.
Correlation between two-dimensional coefficients and volume of the spleen along with splenomegaly thresholds and their effectiveness in detection of volumetric splenomegaly; in bold—best correlation
| Multiplied dimensions | Pearson linear correlation | Splenomegaly cut-off (cm2) |
χ
2
p value |
Sensitivity (%) | Specificity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension 1 | Dimension 2 | p value | r | ||||
| Maximal length | Maximal thickness | p < 0.05 | 0.816 | 72 | p < 0.05 | 65.7 | 92.6 |
| Maximal length | Hilum thickness | 0.853 | 47 | 68.6 | 90.8 | ||
| Maximal length | Maximal height | 0.912 | 132 | 85.7 | 90.4 | ||
| Maximal height | Maximal thickness | 0.821 | 75 | 65.7 | 90.0 | ||
| Maximal height | Hilum thickness | 0.851 | 49 | 65.7 | 90.4 | ||
| Maximal length | Vertical height | 0.923 | 115 | 94.3 | 93.0 | ||
| 116 | 94.3 | 93.0 | |||||
| 120 | 91.4 | 94.3 | |||||
| Maximal length | Estimated height | 0.766 | 161 | 71.4 | 93.9 | ||
| Maximal thickness | Vertical height | 0.864 | 65 | 68.6 | 93.9 | ||
| Maximal thickness | Estimated height | 0.726 | 91 | 54.3 | 92.1 | ||
| Hilum thickness | Vertical height | 0.885 | 43 | 71.4 | 92.1 | ||
| Hilum thickness | Estimated height | 0.757 | 59 | 54.3 | 92.6 | ||