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Published in final edited form as: Eur Radiol. 2012 Aug 21;23(2):579–587. doi: 10.1007/s00330-012-2631-y

Table 3.

Accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and odds ratios associated with factors identified as a significant predictor of metastatic disease of papillary renal cell carcinoma (pRCC) at univariate analysis

Feature Criteriona Odds ratio Accuracyb Specificityb Sensitivityb
Renal vein thrombus Present 108.0 93.3 (84/90) 98.7 (78/79) 54.5 (6/11)
Location Central 58.0 92.2 (83/90) 94.9 (75/79) 72.7 (8/11)
MRI appearance Infiltrative 53.4 92.2 (83/90) 97.5 (77/79) 54.5 (6/11)
Maximum size >68 mm 45.9 91.1 (82/90) 93.7 (74/79) 72.7 (8/11)
Encapsulation Poorly encapsulated 35.2 91.1 (82/90) 96.2 (76/79) 54.5 (6/11)
Margins Irregularity 33.3 76.7 (69/90) 74.7 (59/79) 90.9 (10/11)
T stage T2/T3 22.1 83.1 (69/83) 83.6 (61/73) 80.0 (8/10)
Perirenal invasion Present 9.8 86.7 (78/90) 93.7 (74/79) 36.4 (4/11)
Retroperitoneal collaterals Present 7.9 76.7 (69/90) 77.2 (61/79) 72.7 (8/11)
Pathological type Type 2 6.0 57.8 (52/90) 54.4 (43/79) 81.8 (9/11)
Most common nuclear grade High 4.6 78.9 (71/90) 83.5 (66/79) 45.5 (5/11)
a

For patients with multiple pRCC, the patient was considered to test positive for the criterion if the criterion was satisfied in at least one lesion

b

Data are percentages, with raw numbers in parentheses