Table 1. Summary of the tissue specimens collected from the patients.
Group | No. of patients | Age | No. of tissue specimens |
---|---|---|---|
n (male/female) | mean ± SD | n (male/female) | |
Lesions | --- | --- | --- |
non-neoplastic nodules - NN | 10 (10/0) | 61.7 ± 8.1 | 16 (16/0) |
follicular adenomas - FA | 9 (7/2) | 40.1 ± 11.7 | 14 (9/5) |
thyroid carcinomas - TC | 12 (10/2) | 57.5 ± 17.7 | 15 (12/3) |
Total | 31 (27/4) | 53.6 ± 15.8 | 45 (37/8) |
Healthy | 19 (17/2) | 52.5 ± 14.5 | 19 (17/2) |