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Table 3 Diagnostic performance of Elasticity score and SR in different size of nodules

From: Elastography for the diagnosis of high-suspicion thyroid nodules based on the 2015 American Thyroid Association guidelines: a multicenter study

 

AUC

Sensitivity

Specificity

Accuracy

PPV

NPV

P

Elasticity score

  ≥ 1

0.875

95.0

68.8

85.9

85.2

87.8

0.000

 <1

0.800

90.4

56.8

74.4

69.9

84.2

0.000

SR

  ≥ 1

0.779

79.8

59.3

72.7

78.8

60.8

0.000

 <1

0.709

82.1

45.6

64.8

62.6

69.6

0.000

  1. PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, SR strain ratio
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BMC Endocrine Disorders

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