. 2019 Jul 18;14(7):e0219943. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219943

Table 4. The elastic modulus values of benign and malignant lesions when the “shell” was 3mm^*.

Parameters	All lesions (n = 160)	Benign lesions (n = 100)	Malignant lesions (n = 60)	P value
E_max (kPa)	86.12 (57.16–174.68)	64.50 (46.50–83.67)	206.02 (168.62–228.70)	0.000
E_mean (kPa)	23.21 (16.90–38.03)	19.02 (13.78–22.86)	40.85 (33.50–45.78)	0.000
E_min (kPa)	3.41 (1.66–5.21)	3.36 (1.95–5.05)	3.50 (1.42–6.46)	0.985
E_sd (kPa)	14.55 (9.10–27.39)	10.38 (7.08–13.92)	30.61 (26.57–34.01)	0.000

*The values obtained over operator 1

Table 4. The elastic modulus values of benign and malignant lesions when the “shell” was 3mm*.