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. 2021 Dec 2;12:794197. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.794197

Table 4.

Radiological data of patients with a follow-up available CT, grouped by quartile of mean diameter (reported in the first column).

Quartile (diameter in mm) n Diameter baseline (mm) Diameter follow-up (mm) Δ Diameter (mm, 95% CI) p-value vs. baseline Attenuation value baseline (HUm) Attenuation value follow-up (HUm) Δ Attenuation value (HUm, 95% CI) p-value vs. baseline
1st (8–14.1) 60 11.68 11.92 +0.25 (−0.26 to 0.52) 0.075 0.22 −0.59 −0.81 (−2.77–1.15) 0.413
2nd (14.1–18) 60 15.59 16.29 +0.7 (0.25–1.15) 0.003 0.61 −0.35 −0.96 (−3.42 to 1.49) 0.435
3rd (18.1–23.88) 56 19.85 20.8 +0.95 (0.18–1.72) 0.016 4.29 1.37 −2.92 (−5.36 to −0.49) 0.02
4th (23.9–42.2) 58 26.82 28.82 +1.98 (1.06–2.91) <0.0001 1.01 −3.95 −2.94 (−5.09 to −0.78) 0.008

Δ, difference; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; HUm, mean of Hounsfield Unit in unenhanced CT.