Overall | Detected | Not detected | p-value# | ||
Diag | No diag | ||||
Patients n | 100 | 46 | 21 | 33 | |
Mean size mm | 15.3 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 0.28 |
Lobe n (%) | |||||
Right upper | 30 (100) | 13 (43) | 7 (23) | 10 (33) | 0.13 |
Right middle | 6 (100) | 5 (83) | 1 (17) | 0 | 0.02 |
Right lower | 17 (100) | 10 (59) | 2 (12) | 5 (29) | 0.047 |
Left upper | 35 (100) | 12 (34) | 7 (20) | 16 (46) | 0.43 |
Left lower | 12 (100) | 6 (50) | 4 (33) | 2 (17) | 0.62 |
All nodules were detected by computed tomography before biopsy. Diag: diagnosis. #: Chi-squared test.