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. 2022 Mar 5;24:16. doi: 10.1186/s13058-022-01511-5

Table 2.

Summary of the significant parameters for different malignant grades and molecular subtypes

Emax (kPa) fmass (Hz) Dmax (mm) NV mvFD NB
Histologic type
 Benign (310)
Fibroadenoma (109) 49.5 ± 33.8 143.0 ± 64.5 448.6 ± 262.8 5.9 ± 9.8 0.92 ± 0.43 2.8 ± 6.2
 Benign changes (77) 44.5 ± 38.6 146.4 ± 94.0 356.9 ± 291.6 2.9 ± 5.4 0.83 ± 0.38 1.2 ± 2.6
 Fibrocystic changes (30) 48.6 ± 31.9 171.1 ± 104.4 429.3 ± 282.6 4.4 ± 7.9 0.87 ± 0.43 1.7 ± 4.0
 Papilloma (28) 51.8 ± 39.2 186.7 ± 88.3 454.0 ± 273.3 3.4 ± 4.2 0.95 ± 0.28 1.3 ± 1.8
 PASH (22) 36.3 ± 28.3 139.8 ± 79.6 438.7 ± 247.5 3.1 ± 3.8 0.95 ± 0.27 1.0 ± 1.6
 Fat necrosis (18) 97.1 ± 70.6 203.5 ± 184.1 574.9 ± 106.2 3.9 ± 3.0 1.1 ± 0.11 1.5 ± 1.3
 Atypical (14) 51.2 ± 34.3 192.3 ± 105.3 303.4 ± 305.7 5.1 ± 9.9 0.75 ± 0.48 2.7 ± 5.6
 Duct ectasia (6) 45.9 ± 20.7 231.8 ± 86.7 501.0 ± 270.8 2.5 ± 2.1 0.95 ± 0.19 0.5 ± 0.5
 Adenoma (4) 47.9 ± 29.1 99.2 ± 56.2 655.4 ± 165.2 22 ± 22.7 1.28 ± 0.23 10.5 ± 13.0
 Others (2) 103.0 ± 95.8 243.9 ± 71.1 708.5 ± 238.7 10 ± 11.3 1.24 ± 0.25 7 ± 8.5
 p valuea .03 .02 .03 .003 .01 .06
Malignant (204)
 IDC (136) 161.6 ± 65.1 212.3 ± 124.9 640.9 ± 197.3 15.2 ± 15.9 1.19 ± 0.21 7.4 ± 9.2
 IMC with mixed ductal and lobular features (27) 174.7 ± 68.3 227.8 ± 139.1 593.0 ± 278.2 17.0 ± 18.4 1.16 ± 0.23 8.2 ± 10.1
 ILC (24) 168.8 ± 56.2 241.1 ± 128.9 567.6 ± 268.8 14.6 ± 25.0 1.14 ± 0.19 7.3 ± 14.6
 DCIS (15) 94.6 ± 74.5 253.3 ± 172.6 503.8 ± 291.7 7.3 ± 5.9 1.11 ± 0.23 3.7 ± 3.4
 Other (2) 154.1 ± 48.5 97.2 ± 90.6 811.4 ± 142.3 100 ± 76.4 1.50 ± 0.13 69 ± 46.7
 p valuea .55 .48 .22 .33 .21 .31
Histologic grade
 I (54) 139.1 ± 69.2 278.5 ± 117.1 553.6 ± 244.3 7.5 ± 8.3 1.10 ± 0.20 3.5 ± 4.4
 II (92) 168.0 ± 66.0 220.6 ± 140.7 617.7 ± 210.2 15.0 ± 16.3 1.18 ± 0.18 7.3 ± 9.2
 III (54) 165.8 ± 64.2 155.6 ± 90.8 673.9 ± 233.5 24.1 ± 28.6 1.24 ± 0.24 12.4 ± 18.3
 p valuea .05  < .001 .02  < .001  < .001  < .001
Molecular subtypes
 Luminal A (76) 155.7 ± 66.4 257.3 ± 120.5 577.0 ± 241.4 10.8 ± 14.2 1.13 ± 0.21 5.2 ± 8.0
 Luminal B (HER2-) (58) 176.4 ± 61.4 218.2 ± 139.0 625.5 ± 181.0 15.2 ± 15.7 1.18 ± 0.16 7.4 ± 9.3
 Luminal B (HER2 +) (21) 198.4 ± 49.8 136.2 ± 98.4 727.1 ± 155.5 28.6 ± 32.6 1.30 ± 0.13 14.5 ± 21.8
 HER2 + (4) 169.1 ± 31.5 95.5 ± 33.2 628.7 ± 149.6 15.8 ± 14.5 1.20 ± 0.18 7.3 ± 6.4
 TNBC (20) 131.6 ± 65.4 189.3 ± 85.6 543.2 ± 311.5 13.9 ± 16.3 1.11 ± 0.35 7.3 ± 10.8
 p valuea .005  < .001 .07 .002 .01 .02

Numbers are mean ± standard deviation, numbers in parentheses are numbers of participants

DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ. IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma. ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma. IMC with mixed ductal and lobular features, invasive mammary carcinoma with mixed ductal and lobular features. PASH, pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia. TNBC, triple negative breast cancer

aKruskal-Wallis test