| Pathological findings |  | |
---|---|---|---|
Benign | Malignant | p value | |
No. of patients | 95 | 181 | Â |
Age, years, \( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \) ± s | 50.0 ± 10.6 | 44.3 ± 11.5 | < 0.001 |
Sex | Â | Â | 0.337 |
 Male | 15 (15.79%) | 38 (20.99%) |  |
 Female | 80 (84.21%) | 143 (79.01%) |  |
No. of nodules | 109 | 242 | Â |
Size, cm | 3.37 ± 1.81 | 1.17 ± 0.87 | < 0.001 |
 < 0.5 | 8 (7.34%) | 23 (9.50%) |  |
 0.5–1.0 | 13 (11.93%) | 107 (44.21%) |  |
 1.0–4.0 | 47 (43.12%) | 106 (43.80%) |  |
 ≥ 4.0 | 41 (37.61%) | 6 (2.48%) |  |