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. 2018 Feb 19;45(3):1178–1190. doi: 10.1002/mp.12763

Table 6.

Evaluation of the algorithm's ability to separate BI‐RADS density levels

View BI‐RADS density level pairs Proposed algorithm LIBRA
Mean difference and 95% CI P‐value Mean difference and 95% CI P‐value
CC 1–2 −0.02 [−0.07, 0.02] 0.54 −0.05 [−0.15, 0.05] 0.64
2–3 −0.12 [−0.16, −0.09] <0.0001a −0.11 [−0.2, −0.02] 0.0067
3–4 −0.14 [−0.18, −0.11] <0.0001a −0.17 [−0.26, −0.09] <0.0001a
MLO 1–2 −0.12 [−0.17, −0.06] <0.0001a −0.04 [−0.13, 0.05] 0.72
2–3 −0.13 [−0.18, −0.09] <0.0001a −0.16 [−0.23, −0.08] <0.0001a
3–4 −0.08 [−0.13, −0.04] <0.0001a −0.22 [−0.29, −0.14] <0.0001a
Averaged 1–2 −0.07 [−0.11, −0.03] 0.0001a −0.04 [−0.13, 0.04] 0.59
2–3 −0.13 [−0.17, −0.09] <0.0001a −0.14 [−0.21, −0.06] <0.0001a
3–4 −0.11 [−0.15, −0.08] <0.0001a −0.2 [−0.27, −0.12] <0.0001a
a

Statistically significant with significance level of 0.0014 with Bonferroni correction. The mean difference for all other pairs, 1–3, 1–4, and 2–4 were statistically significant with P < 0.0001.