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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2011 Dec;150(6):1242–1249. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.007

Table 3.

Characteristics of group, stratified by microscopic extension

Variable (n=984) No Extension (n=869)
n (%)
pT1/pT2
Extension (n=115)
n (%)
pT3
p Value
Age
<45y 418 (48%) 39 (34%) 0.004
>45y 451 (52%) 76 (66%)
Gender
Male 184 (21%) 24 (21%) 0.940
Female 685 (79%) 91 (79%)
cT Stage
T1 631 (73%) 76 (66%) 0.144
T2 238 (27%) 39 (34%)
Surgery
Lobectomy 350 (40%) 26 (23%) 0.002
Total Thyroidectomy 488 (56%) 86 (75%)
Isthmusectomy 15 (2%) 1 (1%)
Subtotal Thyroidectomy 16 (2%) 2 (1%)
Pathology
Papillary Ca 785 (90%) 106 (92%) 0.654
Follicular Ca 48 (6%) 4 (3.5%)
Hurthle Cell Ca 36 (4%) 5 (4.5%)
RAI
No 683 (79%) 50 (43%) <0.001
Yes 186 (21%) 65 (57%)