Table 3.
Comparison of FNA diagnoses between this study and the published values in other studies, expressed as a percentage of all FNAs
| FNA diagnosis | This study N = 1491 | Yang et al., 2007[3]N = 4703 | Jo et al., 2010[4]N = 3080 | Wu et al., 2011[5]N = 1382 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsatisfactory |
28.9 |
10.4 |
18.6 |
20.1 |
| Benign |
45.7 |
64.6 |
59.0 |
39.0 |
| Abnormal |
18.8 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
27.2 |
| SFN |
4.4 |
11.6 |
9.7 |
8.4 |
| SFM |
1.3 |
2.6 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
| Malignant | 0.9 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 2.7 |
FNA – fine needle aspiration, SFN – Suspicious for Neoplasm, SFM – Suspicious for Malignancy.