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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Mar 10;46(6):1738–1747. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25694

TABLE 3.

Correlation of Clinico-Pathologic Findings and Imaging Features

Variables All Patients (n=17) Patients with Stereotactic Biopsy (n=15)
Surgical Histopathological Findings P-value of
Univariate
Analysis
P value of
Multivariate
Analysis
Surgical Histopathological Findings P-value of
Univariate
Analysis
P-value of
Multivariate
Analysis
Malignant
(n=9)
Benign
(n=8)
Malignant
(n=8)
Benign
(n=7)
Age
 mean±SD (range) 56.1 + 12.7 (42–76) 48 ± 3.8 (43–54) 0.335 54 ± 11.8 (42–76) 47 ± 3.7 (43–54) 0.4867
Menopause (n[%])
 yes 5 (62.5) 3 (37.5) 0.637 4 (66.7) 2(33.3) 0.6084
 no 4 (44.4) 5 (55.6) 4 (44.4) 5 (55.6)
Past History (n[%])
 yes 1 0 1.000 0 0 1.000
 no 8 8 8 7
Family History (n[%])
 yes 4 (66.7) 2 (33.3) 0.620 4 (66.7) 2 (33.3) 0.6084
 no 5 (45.5) 6 (54.5) 4 (44.4) 5 (55.6)
Number of samples
 mean±SD (range) 9.3 ± 3.4 (3–12) 7 ± 2.8 (3–12) 0.110 0.0959 10.1 + 2.6 (6–12) 7.6 + 2.4 (6–12) 0.0587 1.000
Biopsy Gauge (n[%])
 10G≤ 4 (66.7) 2 (33.3) 0.620 3 (75.0) 1 (25.0) 0.5692
 10G≥ 5 (45.5) 6 (54.5) 5 (45.5) 6 (54.5)
4b ≤ on conventional imsges (n[%])
 yes 7 (53.8) 6 (46.2) 1.000 6 (54.5) 5 (45.5) 1.000
 no 2 (50.0) 2 (50.0) 2 (50.0) 2 (50.0)
0.7 cm ≤ on conventional images (n[%I)
 yes 8 (80.0) 2 (20.0) 0.0152 0.9993 7 (87.5) 1 (12.5) 0.0101 1.000
 no 1 (14.3) 6 (85.7) 1 (14.3) 6 (85.7)
Residual calcification [n[%])
 yes 8 (72.7) 3 (27.3) 0.0498 0.0959 7 (70.0) 3 (30.0) 0.1189 1.000
 no 1 (16.7) 5 (83.3) 1 (20.0) 4 (80.0)
MR enhancement (n[%])
 suspicious 9 (90.0) 1 (10.0) 0.0004 0.0006 8 (100) 0 (0) 0.0002 0.0071
 non-suspicious 0 (0) 7 (100) 0 (0) 7 (100)