Table 2.
Differences of thyroid papillary cancer parameters in time periods of study
| |
Papillary |
Micropapillary |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | 1996–2002 | 2003–2009 | P | 1996–2002 | 2003–2009 | P |
| N |
23 |
36 |
NS |
18 |
106 |
0.001 |
| Age |
46.3 ± 3.2 |
45.2 ± 2.5 |
NS |
45.7 ± 2.7 |
43.5 ± 3.9 |
NS |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Male |
6 |
10 |
NS |
6 |
20 |
0.031 |
| Female |
17 |
26 |
NS |
12 |
86 |
0.001 |
| Tumor size (cm)a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| T |
2.5 ± 0.8 |
1.9 ± 0.6 |
NS |
0.7 ± 0.2 |
0.6 ± 0.1 |
NS |
| Nodal metastasis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| N |
8 |
11 |
NS |
0 |
1 |
NS |
| Distant metastasis |
0 |
0 |
NS |
0 |
0 |
NS |
| Multicentric disease |
5 |
8 |
NS |
6 |
23 |
0.015 |
| Subtype |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Classical |
11 |
16 |
NS |
|
|
|
| Follicular |
10 |
17 |
NS |
|
|
|
| Others | 2 | 3 | NS | |||
aCentimeter.