Table 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of 220 solitary papillary thyroid carcinoma patients
| Characteristics | Values (%) |
|---|---|
| No. of patients | 220 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 51 (23.2) |
| Female | 169 (76.8) |
| Age (years) | |
| Mean ± SD | 41.0 ± 13.5 |
| ≥45 | 82 (37.3) |
| <45 | 138 (62.7) |
| Size (mm) | |
| Mean ± SD | 21.4 ± 13.3 |
| >10 | 170 (77.3) |
| ≤10 | 50 (22.7) |
| Location of the primary tumor | |
| Superior lobe | 111 (50.5) |
| Middle lobe | 127 (57.7) |
| Inferior lobe | 76 (34.5) |
| Capsular invasion | 176 (80.0) |
| Extrathyroidal extension | 99 (45.0) |
| Lymphocytic thyroiditis | 48 (21.8) |
| Central lymph node metastases | 177 (80.5) |
| Ipsilateral | 172 (78.2) |
| Contralateral | 87 (39.5) |
| Bilateral | 82 (39.1) |
| Lateral lymph node metastases | 181 (82.3) |
| Level II | 101 (45.9) |
| Level III | 138 (62.7) |
| Level IV | 122 (55.5) |
| Level V | 27 (12.3) |
| Single‐level | 44 (20.0) |
| Multiple‐level | 137 (62.3) |