Table 1 Patients demographics
Variables | All groups (n = 221) |
|---|---|
Gender (F:M) | 179:42 (81.0:19.0%) |
Age | 46.6 ± 12.5 years |
Tumor size | 0.90 ± 0.70 cm |
Extrathyroidal extension | 73 (32.7%) |
Lymph node metastasis | 113 (50.7%) |
Bethesda system | |
 Nondiagnostic | 16 (7.2%) |
 Benign | 0 |
 AUS | 11 (5.0%) |
 (Suspicious) FN | 0 |
 Suspicious | 39 (17.6%) |
 Malignant | 155 (70.1%) |
Subtype of PTC | |
 Conventional | 161 (72.9%) |
 Follicular variant | 47 (21.3%) |
 Clear cell variant | 3 (1.4%) |
 Oncocytic variant | 7 (3.2%) |
 Tall cell variant | 3 (1.4%) |