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. 2022 Nov 10;14(22):5521. doi: 10.3390/cancers14225521

Table 2.

Statistical significance assessment for the differences in SWE indices between benign and malignant thyroid nodules based on the scan planes.

Nodule Category p-Values of SWE Indices in kPa
TMean LMean TMin LMin TMax LMax TSD LSD
All
T = 126
(B = 81,
M = 45)		 0.005 ** 0.007 ** 0.100 0.003 ** 0.061 0.253 0.012 * 0.255
Equivocal
T = 52
(B = 37,
M = 15)		 0.473 0.214 0.353 0.015 * 0.313 0.391 0.138 0.525
<1 cm
T = 43
(B = 23,
M = 20)		 0.189 0.141 0.128 0.077 0.368 0.480 0.219 0.733
1–2 cm
T = 52
(B = 34,
M = 18)		 0.017 * 0.010 * 0.865 0.195 0.034 * 0.102 0.009 ** 0.108
>2 cm
T = 31
(B = 24,
M = 7)		 0.104 0.661 0.216 0.835 0.061 0.417 0.029 * 0.085

SWE = shear wave elastography, T = total, B = benign, M = malignant, TMean = transverse Mean, LMean = longitudinal Mean, TMin = transverse Minimum, LMin = longitudinal Minimum, TMax = transverse Maximum, LMax = longitudinal Maximum, TSD = transverse Standard deviation, LSD = longitudinal Standard deviation, EU = European, eqv = equivocal, *: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01.