Table 2.

Morphological and texture characteristics of benign and malignant groups

	Benign group	Malignant group	P
Circularity	23.62 ± 6.85	27.53 ± 13.45	0.240
Height-to-width ratio	0.59 ± 0.27	0.69 ± 0.16	0.343
Margin spicules	14.60 ± 9.40	14.67 ± 11.01	0.960
Margin coarseness (pixel)	2.78 ± 2.52	3.43 ± 3.00	0.420
Margin indistinctness (E6)	2.19 ± 9.03	2.23 ± 7.36	0.610
Margin lobulation	7.68 ± 2.55	9.58 ± 3.40	0.013
Energy	0.03 ± 0.02	0.04 ± 0.03	0.271
Entropy	2.34 ± 0.13	2.23 ± 0.20	0.045
Grey mean	0.52 ± 0.17	0.49 ± 0.28	0.957
Internal calcification	3.78 ± 4.29	2.53 ± 2.05	0.045
ALS (degree)	13.58 ± 18.42	6.32 ± 5.65	0.002