Table 1.

Univariate analysis: related variables with thyroid cancer for all patients enrolled in the study

Variable	No cancer n (%)/mean (s.d.) (N=1790)	Cancer n (%)/mean (s.d.) (N=233)	P value
Age (mean/s.d.)	49.05 (15.93%)	45.33 (15.29%)	0.0007
N (%)
Female	1503 (83.97%)	190 (81.55%)	0.3467
Elevated TgAb	182 (10.17%)	48 (20.6%)	<0.0001
Elevated TPOAb	478 (26.7%)	73 (31.33%)	0.1356
Euthyroid normal antibodies	935 (52.23%)	114 (48.93%)	0.3419
Hyperthyroid	189 (10.56%)	18 (7.73%)	0.1795
Hypothyroid	516 (28.83%)	72 (30.9%)	0.5118
MNG gland	1502 (83.91%)	188 (80.69%)	0.2119
Single nodule gland	288 (16.09%)	45 (19.31%)	0.2119
Thyroid medication	508 (28.43%)	69 (29.61%)	0.7062
History of head/neck radiation	24 (1.37%)	6 (2.59%)	0.1556
Family history of TC	90 (5.03%)	18 (7.73%)	0.2263