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Table 3 Diagnostic performance between 2 groups

From: Low-dose versus standard-dose computed tomography-guided biopsy for pulmonary nodules: a randomized controlled trial

 

Low-dose group (n = 100)

Standard-dose group (n = 100)

P value

Technical success rate

100%

100%

Biopsy pathological diagnosis

0.976

Malignancy

64

61

 

Suspected malignancy

1

1

 

Specific benign

4

4

 

Non-specific benign

31

34

 

Final diagnosis

0.877

Malignancy

71

70

 

Benign

29

30

 

Diagnostic performance

0.830

True positive

65

62

 

False positive

0

0

 

True negative

29

30

 

False negative

6

8

 

Diagnostic yield

68/100 (68%)

65/100 (65%)

0.653

Sensitivity

65/71 (91.5%)

62/70 (88.6%)

0.554

Specificity

29/29 (100%)

30/30 (100%)

Overall accuracy

94/100 (94%)

92/100 (92%)

0.579