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Table 2 Relationships between GGO status, surgical interventions, and pathologic aspects

From: Factors that predict lymph node status in clinical stage T1aN0M0 lung adenocarcinomas

Surgico-pathological features

Pure GGO (n = 103)

Mixed GGO (n = 131)

Pure solid (n = 39)

P value

Operative mode

   

<0.001

 Segmentectomy

40

34

2

 

 Lobectomy

63

97

37

 

Nodal involvement

   

<0.001

 N0

103

129

23

 

 N1

0

1

10

 

 N2

0

1

6

 

Pathologic type

   

<0.001

 Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH)

20

0

0

 

 Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS)

78

0

0

 

 Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma (MIA)

5

127

1

 

 Invasive adenocarcinoma

0

4

38

 
  1. GGO, ground glass opacity.