Table 1.

Demographics, Procedure, and Histologic Subtypes of Bethesda Categories III/IV vs. V/VI

	Bethesda Category
N=360	III and IV (n=73)	V and VI (n=287)	p-value
Age (mean ± SD)	48.3 ± 14.8	47.0 ± 14.5	0.499
Females	60 (82%)	227 (79%)	0.557
Procedure
Total thyroidectomy	33 (45%)	29 (10%)	<0.001
Total thyroidectomy w/CND	11 (15%)	244 (85%)
Hemithyroidectomy	28 (38%)	10 (4%)
Isthmusectomy	1 (2%)	4 (1%)
Completion*	13 (45%)	10 (71%)	0.101
HISTOLOGIC SUBTYPE
PTC, classic	14 (19%)	191 (67%)	<0.001
PTC, follicular variant	38 (52%)	34 (12%)
PTC, tall cell features/variant	0 (0%)	14 (5%)
PTC w/Hurthle cell features	1 (1%)	4 (1%)
PTC, cribriform-morular variant	0 (0%)	2 (1%)
PTC, mixed type	4 (6%)	32 (11%)
Follicular carcinoma	7 (10%)	0 (0%)
Poorly differentiated	4 (6%)	1 (<1%)
Anaplastic	1 (1%)	2 (1%)
Medullary	0 (0%)	7 (2%)
Hurthle cell carcinoma	3 (4%)	0 (0%)

^*Percentage of patients who had a hemithyroidectomy or isthmusectomy.