Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression for predicting malignant nodules
From: Differentiation of pulmonary solid nodules attached to the pleura detected by thin-section CT
Variable | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
|---|---|---|
Smoking history | Â | 0.039 |
 No | 1 |  |
 Yes | 2.016 (1.037, 3.919) |  |
Abutting the mediastinal pleura | Â | 0.017 |
 No | 1 |  |
 Yes | 3.325 (1.235, 8.949) |  |
Size (mm) | Â | 0.016 |
  < 15.6 | 1 |  |
  > 15.6 | 2.266 (1.161, 4.423) |  |
Lobulation |  |  < 0.001 |
 No | 1 |  |
 Yes | 8.922 (4.567, 17.431) |  |
Attachment to the pleura |  |  < 0.001 |
 Broad | 1 |  |
 Narrow | 6.035 (2.847, 12.795) |  |
Relationship between nodule and pleura | Â | 0.002 |
 Type I | 1 |  |
 Type III | 0.069 (0.013, 0.368) |  |
Lymph node enlargement | Â | 0.008 |
 No | 1 |  |
 Simultaneous hilar and mediastinal lymph nodule enlargement | 4.971 (1.526, 16.198) |  |