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Table 3 Comparison of diagnostic value between MG and US

From: Limitations of mammography in the diagnosis of breast diseases compared with ultrasonography: a single-center retrospective analysis of 274 cases

 

Method

Sensitivity

Specificity

Accuracy

False-positive

False-negative

Positive PV

Negative PV

All

MG

88.5%

57.9%

73.7%

42.1%

11.5%

69.2%

82.5%

 

US

95.9%

66.7%

81.8%

33.3%

4.1%

75.5%

93.8%

Age ≤45 years

MG

73.7%

60.6%

65.4%

39.4%

26.3%

51.9%

80.0%

 

US

89.5%

68.2%

76.0%

31.8%

10.5%

61.8%

91.8%

Age >45 years

MG

95.2%

54.2%

80.3%

45.8%

4.8%

78.4%

86.7%

 

US

98.8%

64.6%

86.4%

35.4%

1.2%

83.0%

96.9%

Premenopausal

MG

81.0%

53.8%

64.9%

46.2%

19.0%

54.8%

80.3%

 

US

91.9%

71.4%

79.7%

28.6%

8.1%

68.7%

92.9%

Postmenopausal

MG

96.6%

73.9%

90.2%

26.1%

3.4%

90.5%

89.5%

 

US

100.0%

47.8%

85.4%

52.2%

0.0%

83.1%

100.0%

Low breast density

MG

92.9%

52.1%

76.3%

47.9%

7.1%

73.9%

83.3%

 

US

98.6%

62.5%

83.9%

37.5%

1.4%

79.3%

96.8%

High breast density

MG

63.2%

82.7%

71.7%

17.3%

36.8%

82.7%

63.2%

 

US

92.3%

69.7%

79.7%

30.3%

7.7%

70.6%

92.0%

  1. MG, mammography; PV, predictive value; US, ultrasonography.