Table 1 Patient and LNs baseline Characteristics.

From: Super-resolution ultrasound quantifying microvascular alterations for early detection of metastatic cervical lymph nodes: a prospective diagnostic study

Characteristic

 

Participants (n = 166)

Sex n (%)

 

M

78 (47.0)

F

88 (53.0)

Age (years), median (IQR)

38 (32–48)

Level n (%)

 

II

25 (15.1)

III

40 (24.1)

IV

70 (42.2)

V

31 (18.7)

Size (mm) median (IQR)

 

Long axis

24 (13–28)

Short axis

13 (8–18)

surgical history n (%)

 

No

90 (54.2)

Yes

76 (45.8)

Metastatic n (%)

77 (46.4)

Lung cancer

28 (36.4)

Thyroid cancer

15 (19.5)

Gastric cancer

14 (18.2)

Breast cancer

12 (15.6)

Other cancer

8 (10.4)

Reactive n (%)

89 (53.6)

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