Table 4. Association between PR and studied clinicopathological data.
| Primary cases | PR | Test | p.value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| negative (38) | positive (24) | ||||
| Age | Mean ± SD | 40.7 ± 15.7 | 53.1–12.6 | U = 254 | 0.003HS |
| Median | 37 | 55 | |||
| Range | 18–70 | 29–68 | |||
| Sex | Male | 14 (70) | 6 (30) | FE = 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Female | 24 (57.1) | 18 (42.9) | |||
| Specimen | Hemithyroidectomy | 18 (69.2) | 8 (30.8) | FE = 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Total hemithyroidectomy | 20 (55.6) | 16 (44.4) | |||
| Size | Mean ± SD | 2.4 ± 1.8 | 2.8 ± 2.1 | U = 400 | 0.4 |
| Median | 1.8 | 2.3 | |||
| Range | 0.2–6 | 0.2–7 | |||
| Histological subtype | Classic | 16 (50) | 16 (50) | X2 = 4.4 | 0.1 |
| Follicular variant | 10 (83.3) | 2 (16.7) | |||
| Microcarcinoma | 12 (66.7) | 6 (33.3) | |||
| Stage | T1 | 22 (64.7) | 12 (35.5) | X2 = 0.8 | 0.7 |
| T2 | 10 (62.5) | 6 (37.5) | |||
| T3 | 6 (50) | 6 (50) | |||
| Lymph node | Negative/not assessed | 28 (60.9) | 18 (39.1) | FE = 0.01 | 0.9 |
| Positive | 10 (62.5) | 6 (37.5) | |||
| Focality | Single | 30 (60) | 20 (40) | FE = 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Multifocal | 8 (66.7) | 4 (33.3) | |||
| Background | Multinodular | 34 (65.4) | 18 (34.6) | FE = 2.3 | 0.2 |
| Thyroiditis | 4 (40) | 6 (60) | |||