Table 1.

Patient and Nodule Characteristics for Cytologically Indeterminate/GEC Benign and Cytologically Benign Groups

	Cyto-I/GEC-B	Cyto-B	P Value
Patient characteristics, n	56	873
Median age (range), y	58.4 (21–88)	53.9 (21–95)	.19
Female, n, %	46 (82.1%)	780 (89.3%)	.20
Nodule characteristics, n	58	1224
Median nodule size (range), cm	1.7 (1.0–5.3)	1.7 (1.0–8.4)	.50
Multinodularity, n, %	29/58 (50.0%)	806/1224 (65.8%)	.02
Composition, n, %
Solid	35 (60.4%)	449 (36.7%)
Complex (<50% cystic)	23 (39.6%)	775 (63.3%)	<.001
Cytologic classification, n, %
AUS/FLUS	31 (53.5%)	n/a
SFN/FN	27 (46.5%)	n/a
Nodule follow-up
Median (range), mo	13.0 (4–40)	14.3 (4–40)	.21

Abbreviation: n/a, not applicable.