Table 1.

Patient characteristics of 854 patients undergoing FNA

Patient characteristics		%	n
Mean age, years	52.3 (16–93)
Female	52.0 (16–93)
Male	54.4 (21–88)
Gender
Female		85	726
Male		15	128
Familial disposition
Benign thyroid disease		27.9	238
Thyroid cancer		<1	5
None		42.4	362
Information not acquired		29.2	249
Smoking
Smoker		17.6	150
Ex-smoker		11.6	99
Non-smoker		58.8	502
Information not acquired		12.1	103