FIG. 4.

Relationship between computed tomography (CT) findings and Inflammation biomarker component. (A) Patients categorized by either positive or negative CT pathology findings have significantly different mean Inflammation principal component (PC) scores, with patients who have positive CT findings exhibiting higher inflammation scores (p < 0.01). (B) Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis shows that Inflammation PC score is significantly predictive of whether CT finding is positive or negative (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.770, p < 0.001). Color image is available online at www.liebertpub.com/neu