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Table 2 Candidate predictors

From: Development and validation of clinical prediction models to risk stratify patients presenting with small pulmonary nodules: a research protocol

Radiographic

Clinical or patient characteristic

Number of nodules annotated

Age at CT scan

Does patient have other relevant nodules

Sex

Were there earlier scans reported negative

Smoking status

Nodule location

Number smoking pack years

Is nodule shape affected by emphysema

Year when stopped smoking

Maximum diameter measured on a 2d axial

Known COPD or emphysema

CT slice

Known coronary artery calcification

 

Known pulmonary fibrosis

 

Known industrial exposure

 

Family history lung cancer