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Table 5 Subgroup analysis of effects of patient and CT imaging characteristics on the GGN(CTR < 0.5) growth

From: Tumor blood vessel in 3D reconstruction CT imaging as an risk indicator for growth of pulmonary nodule with ground-glass opacity

Variables

Univariate

Multivariate

OR

95% CI

p values

OR

95% CI

p values

Age

1.082

1.020–1.148

0.009

1.055

0.987–1.128

0.114

Gender

1.235

0.429–3.558

0.695

   

Initial size

0.967

0.835–1.119

0.967

   

Smoking history

1.120

0.340–3.684

0.852

   

Tumor history

0.638

0.067–6.057

0.695

   

Lobulation sign

1.129

0.415–3.581

0.719

   

Spiculation sign

1.361

0.308–6.024

0.685

   

Pleural indentation sign

1.143

0.266–4.906

0.857

   

Air bronchus sign

2.700

0.161–45.247

0.490

   

Vascular convergence sign

2.032

0.726–5.691

0.177

   

Vacuole sign

4.333

1.498–12.532

0.007

4.272

1.266–14.420

0.019

Vessel diameter

3.570

1.571–8.108

0.002

2.561

1.116–5.879

0.027

  1. CI confidence interval; GGN ground-glass nodule; OR odds ratio