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Table 4 The diagnostic accuracy based on lesion size and GGO component

From: Small (≤ 20 mm) ground-glass opacity pulmonary lesions: which factors influence the diagnostic accuracy of CT-guided percutaneous core needle biopsy?

Variable

Diagnostic accuracy*

p-value

 > 90% GGO component (n = 47)

50–90% GGO component (n = 109)

Lesion size (mm)

 ≤ 10 (n = 40)

12/21 (57.1%)

17/19 (89.5%)

0.022

 11–20 (n = 116)

23/26 (88.5%)

89/90 (98.9%)

0.035

 P value

0.014

0.078

 
  1. *Data are numbers of patients, with percentages in parentheses
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