Table 2 Participant characteristics of the FTA and FTC groups.
Variable | Category/Group | FTA | FTC | P-value | |||||
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Age | 48.89 ± 12.96 | 44.77 ± 15.89 | 0.01 | ||||||
Sex | Female | 150 (81.97%) | 111 (77.08%) | 0.34 | |||||
Male | 33 (18.03%) | 33 (22.92%) | |||||||
Diameter | < 2 cm | 22 (12.02%) | 17 (11.81%) | 0.55 | |||||
> 2 cm | 34 (18.58%) | 26 (18.06%) | |||||||
> 3 cm | 48 (26.23%) | 29 (20.14%) | |||||||
> 4 cm | 79 (43.17%) | 72 (50.00%) | |||||||
Composition | Cystic | 23 (12.57%) | 2 (1.39%) | 0.00 | |||||
Solid | 159 (86.89%) | 141 (97.92%) | |||||||
Predominantly solid | 1 (0.55%) | 1 (0.69%) | |||||||
Margin | Regular | 171 (93.44%) | 61 (42.36%) | 0.00 | |||||
Irregular | 12 (6.56%) | 83 (57.64%) | |||||||
Halo | Absent | 174 (95.08%) | 101 (70.14%) | 0.00 | |||||
Irregular halo | 9 (4.92%) | 43 (29.86%) | |||||||
Echo | Anechoic | 3 (1.64%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0.00 | |||||
Isoechoic | 169 (92.35%) | 119 (82.64%) | |||||||
Very hypoechoic | 11 (6.01%) | 25 (17.36%) | |||||||
Texture | Even | 105 (57.38%) | 20 (13.89%) | 0.00 | |||||
Uneven | 78 (42.62%) | 124 (86.11%) | |||||||
Internal septations | Absent | 183 (100.00%) | 134 (93.06%) | 0.00 | |||||
Present | 0 (0.00%) | 10 (6.94%) | |||||||
Nodule within nodule | Absent | 183 (100%) | 141 (97.92%) | 0.17 | |||||
Present | 0 (0.00%) | 3 (2.08%) | |||||||
Calcifications | Absent | 172 (93.99%) | 113 (78.47%) | 0.00 | |||||
Present | 11 (6.01%) | 31 (21.52%) | |||||||
ACR-TIRADS | ACR-TR1 | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||||||
ACR-TR2 | 56 (30.60%) | 7 (4.86%) | 0.00 | ||||||
ACR-TR3 | 79 (43.17%) | 28 (19.44%) | |||||||
ACR-TR4 | 48 (26.23%) | 109 (75.7%) | |||||||
ACR-TR5 | 0 (0.00%) | O (0.00%) | |||||||
C-TIRADS | C-TR2 | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||||||
C-TR3 | 182 (99.45%) | 132 (91.67%) | 0.00 | ||||||
C-TR4A | 1 (0.55%) | 12 (8.33%) | |||||||
C-TR4B to 5 | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) |