TABLE 1:

Simple and multiple regression analyses of MR microscopic criteria and Saxon test

Analysis Method and Variable	Coefficient	SE	R²	P Value
Simple regression
Saxon	−0.412	0.077	0.283	<.0001
Fat area	0.038	0.002	0.838	<.0001
Lobule area	−0.038	0.002	0.842	<.0001
Sialoectasia
Number	0.012	0.004	0.099	.0039
Size	0.013	0.004	0.116	.0018
Multiple regression
Forward
Lobule area + no. of sialoectatic foci	−0.035/0.005	0.002/0.002	0.839	<.0001
Backward
Fat area + no. of sialoectatic foci	0.035/0.006	0.002/0.002	0.844	<.0001