Table 3. Association between ER and studied clinicopathological data.
| Primary cases | ER | Test | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| negative (50) | positive (12) | ||||
| Age | Mean ± SD | 44.7 ± 16 | 48.8 ± 14.7 | U = 254 | 0.4 |
| Median | 45 | 55 | |||
| Range | 18–70 | 29–68 | |||
| Sex | Male | 18 (90) | 2 (10) | FE = 1.7 | 0.3 |
| Female | 32 (76.2) | 10 (23.8) | |||
| Specimen | Hemithyroidectomy | 22 (84.6) | 4 (15.4) | FE = 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Total hemithyroidectomy | 28 (77.8) | 8 (22.2) | |||
| Size | mean ± SD | 2.4 ± 1.8 | 2.9 ± 2.5 | U = 262 | 0.5 |
| Median | 1.8 | 2.2 | |||
| Range | 0.2–6 | 0.5–7 | |||
| Type | Classic | 26 (81.2) | 6 (18.8) | X2 = 0.2 | 0.9 |
| Follicular variant | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | |||
| Microcarcinoma | 14 (77.8) | 4 (22.2) | |||
| Stage | T1 | 28 (82.4) | 6 (17.6) | X2 = 2 | 0.4 |
| T2 | 14 (87.5) | 2 (12.5) | |||
| T3 | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) | |||
| Lymph node | Negative/not assessed | 36 (78.3) | 10 (21.7) | FE = 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Positive | 14 (87.5) | 2 (12.5) | |||
| Focality | Single | 42 (84) | 8 (16) | FE = 1.9 | 0.2 |
| Multifocal | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) | |||
| Background | Multinodular | 46 (88.5) | 6 (11.5) | FE = 12.6 | 0.002HS |
| Thyroiditis | 4 (40) | 6 (60) | |||