Table 5. Pairwise comparison of areas under the curve among the radiological models and FS in the primary and validation cohorts.
Pairwise comparison | Primary cohort | Validation cohort | |||
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Z | P value | Z | P value | ||
Qualitative vs. quantitative | 1.436 | 0.151 | 0.666 | 0.506 | |
Qualitative vs. combined qualitative and quantitative | 1.029 | 0.303 | 0.243 | 0.808 | |
Quantitative vs. combined qualitative and quantitative | 2.482 | 0.013* | 0.594 | 0.552 | |
Qualitative vs. FS diagnosis | 0.377 | 0.706 | 1.083 | 0.279 | |
Quantitative model vs. FS diagnosis | 1.450 | 0.147 | 1.343 | 0.179 | |
Combined qualitative and quantitative vs. FS diagnosis | 0.083 | 0.934 | 1.083 | 0.279 |
*, difference was not significant at P<0.05 corrected with Bonferroni’s method. FS, frozen section.