Characteristics | All patients | Patients without extrathyroidal extension |
---|---|---|
Enrolled patients | 428 | 282 |
Sex (M/F) | 67/361 (15.7%/84.3%) | 44/238 (15.6%/84.4%) |
Age (years), mean ± SD (range) | 48.54 ± 12.31 (15 to 80) | 48.27 ± 12.33 (15 to 77) |
<45 | 164 (38.3%) | 108 (38.3%) |
≥45 | 264 (61.7%) | 174 (61.7%) |
Extent of thyroidectomy | ||
Total thyroidectomy | 297 | 185 (65.6%) |
Less than total | 131 | 97 (34.4%) |
Tumor size (cm), mean ± SD (range) | 0.66 ± 0.23 (0.1 to 1.0) | 0.67 ± 0.23 (0.1 to 1.0) |
Multifocality (%) | 116 (27.1%) | 67 (23.8%) |
Central lymph node metastasis (%) | 96 (22.4%) | 52 (18.4%) |
No. of metastasis | ||
1 to 3 | 71 | 37 |
4 to 10 | 25 | 15 |
Thyroiditis (%) | 53 (12.4%) | 46 (16.3%) |
Extrathyroidal extension (%) | 146 (34.1%) |