Table 3.
Further analyses of the patient group who underwent total thyroidectomy + CLND (N = 56). Patients are subdivided into two groups according to metastatic status in the CNLD specimen. Comparison of age, gender, and tumor multicentricity; presence of lymphocytic thyroiditis; tumor size; number of nodules; and the number of lymph nodes removed was performed between the groups.
| Metastases | |||
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| Absent (N = 43) | Present (N = 13) | ||
| Age (median, range) | 42.0 y (25–60 y) | 37.0 y (27–69 y) | p = 0.47∗ |
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| Gender | |||
| Female (n, %) | 31 (77.5%) | 9 (22.5%) | p = 1.00∗∗ |
| Male (n, %) | 12 (75.0%) | 4 (25.0%) | |
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| Multicentricity | |||
| No (n, %) | 34 (79.1%) | 9 (20.9%) | p = 0.47∗∗ |
| Yes (n, %) | 9 (69.2%) | 4 (30.8%) | |
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| Lymphocytic thyroiditis | |||
| Absent (n, %) | 19 (63.3%) | 11 (36.7%) | p = 0.02∗∗ |
| Present (n, %) | 24 (92.3%) | 2 (7.7%) | |
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| Tumor size (median, range) | 8 (2–10) mm | 9 (5–10) mm | p = 0.24∗ |
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| Number of nodules (median, range) | 1.0 (1–5) | 1 (1‐2) | p = 0.60∗ |
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| Number of lymph nodes removed (median, range) | 6 (1–6) | 7 (6–17) | p = 0.60∗ |
∗ p values obtained from the Mann–Whitney U test; ∗∗p values obtained from Fisher's exact test.