TABLE II.

Proportion of Patients With Lymph Node Dissections by Underlying Characteristics

Patient characteristic	No lymph node dissection (n = 127)	Lymph node dissection (n = 7)	P-value
Male gender	20 (15.8%)	3 (42.9%)	0.064
Non-White race	22 (17.6%)	1 (14.3%)	0.882
Positive family history	7 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0.522
History of radiation	8 (6.4%)	1 (14.3%)	0.416
History of thyroiditis	34 (27.4%)	2 (28.6%)	0.947
Palpable nodule	96 (76.2%)	7 (100.0%)	0.142
Palpable lymph nodes	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0.813
Ultrasound focality	74 (58.3%)	4 (57.1%)	0.953
Microcalcifications	25 (2.02%)	4 (57.1%)	0.022*
Hypervascularity	30 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0.136
Mean size in cm (ultrasound)	2.27 (SD = 1.36)	2.46 (SD = 1.29)	0.722
Thyroid function			0.854
Hypothyroid	31 (25.0%)	2 (28.6%)
Euthyroid	88 (71.0%)	5 (71.4%)
Hyperthyroid	5 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)
FNAB category of nodule			0.002*
Suspicious	32 (25.2%)	6 (85.7%)
Follicular neoplasm	42 (33.1%)	0 (0.0%)
ACUS	53 (41.7%)	1 (14.3%)

SD, standard deviation; ACUS, atypical cells of undetermined significance.

^*Statistically significant.