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Table 4 Odds ratio of being an IPMN at-risk patient with a cystic mural nodule compared with the shape of the main pancreatic duct

From: Anatomical pancreatic variants in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm patients: a cross-sectional study

Shape

Mural nodule

 

OR (95% CI)

P value

Yes (n = 14)

No (n = 94)

%

Size, mm

mean (range)

Descending

5

32

13.5

14 (6–26)

1

 

Vertical

1

9

10.0

13 (13)

0.93 (0.09–5.55)

0.944

Sigmoid

3

30

9.1

12 (10–13)

0.68 (0.15–2.78)

0.591

Loop type

1

3

25.0

8 (8)

2.53 (0.22–19.50)

0.411

Reverse-Z type

1

7

12.5

5 (5)

1.18 (0.11–7.31)

0.870

N-shape

3

3

50.0

7 (5–8)

5.91 (1.02–36.00)

0.048

Pancreas divisum

0

10

0

 

0.28 (0.002–2.84)

0.332

  1. Results based on the Firth’s penalized logistic regression. Descending shape is used as a reference shape for odds ratios
  2. CI, confidence interval; IPMN, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm; OR, odds ratio