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Characteristics of visually-assessed qualitative CT imaging features between IPAs and non-IPAs both in training and testing cohorts
| Characteristics | Training cohort | Testing cohort | |||||
| IPAs | Non-IPAs | P | IPAs | Non-IPAs | P | ||
| CT, computer tomography; IPA, invasive pulmonary adenocarcinoma. | |||||||
| Lesion size (cm)
[median (25%, 75%)] |
1.90 (1.30, 2.30) | 1.50 (0.95, 2.13) | 0.063 | 1.70 (1.50, 2.40) | 1.05 (0.75, 1.93) | 0.019 | |
| Solid component size (cm)
[median (25%, 75%)] |
0.86 (0.37, 1.16) | 0.45 (0, 0.72) | 0.021 | 0.78 (0.47, 0.84) | 0 (0, 0.58) | 0.003 | |
| Solid component proportion
[median (25%, 75%)] |
0.46 (0.27, 0.55) | 0.29 (0, 0.48) | 0.029 | 0.42 (0.24, 0.60) | 0 (0, 0.28) | 0.003 | |
| Shape [n (%)] | 0.129 | 0.210 | |||||
| Round | 14 (35.90) | 18 (60.00) | 10 (58.82) | 9 (64.29) | |||
| Lobular | 10 (25.64) | 4 (13.33) | 5 (29.41) | 1 (7.14) | |||
| Irregular | 15 (38.46) | 8 (26.67) | 2 (11.76) | 4 (28.57) | |||
| Lesion location [n (%)] | 0.329 | 0.766 | |||||
| Superior lobe | 30 (76.92) | 20 (66.67) | 8 (47.06) | 8 (57.14) | |||
| Middle lobe | 4 (10.26) | 2 (6.67) | 2 (11.76) | 2 (14.29) | |||
| Interior lobe | 5 (12.82) | 8 (26.67) | 7 (41.18) | 4 (28.57) | |||
| Margin [n (%)] | 0.133 | 0.020 | |||||
| Blurred | 9 (23.08) | 13 (43.33) | 5 (29.41) | 2 (14.29) | |||
| Spiculation | 13 (33.33) | 5 (16.67) | 7 (41.18) | 1 (7.14) | |||
| Smooth | 17 (43.59) | 12 (40.00) | 5 (29.41) | 11 (78.57) | |||
| Pleural indentation [n (%)] | 0.010 | 0.011 | |||||
| Yes | 21 (53.85) | 25 (83.33) | 7 (41.18) | 12 (85.71) | |||
| No | 18 (46.15) | 5 (16.67) | 10 (58.82) | 2 (14.29) | |||
| Dilated bronchioles [n (%)] | 0.217 | 0.409 | |||||
| Yes | 9 (23.08) | 11 (36.67) | 6 (35.29) | 7 (50.00) | |||
| No | 30 (76.92) | 19 (63.33) | 11 (64.71) | 7 (50.00) | |||
| Vessel dilatation [n (%)] | 0.067 | 0.087 | |||||
| Yes | 3 (7.69) | 7 (23.33) | 1 (5.88) | 4 (28.57) | |||
| No | 36 (92.31) | 23 (76.67) | 16 (94.12) | 10 (71.43) | |||