Research Article

Whole Volume Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) Histogram as a Quantitative Imaging Biomarker to Differentiate Breast Lesions: Correlation with the Ki-67 Proliferation Index

Table 1

Summary of clinical and pathological features of study subjects and tumour characteristics.

Benign ()Malignant ()Statistical value value

Age (years)4.927<0.001
Position-0.0320.974
 Left43 (51.2%)54 (51.4%)
 Right41 (48.8%)51 (48.6%)
Menstrual status-0.6760.499
 Premenopausal28 (33.3%)40 (38.1%)
 Postmenopausal56 (66.7%)65 (61.9%)
Lesion size-2.7320.006
 ≤2064 (76.2%)40 (38.1%)
 >2020 (23.8%)65 (61.9%)
Lesion type-1.3710.170
 Mass82 (97.6%)98 (93.3%)
 Nonmass2 (2.4%)7 (6.7%)