Table 1. Basic characteristics of 227 patients who were confirmed by cytology or thyroid surgery.
Characteristic | Benign (n = 119) n (%) | Malignant (n = 194) n (%) | Total | Chi-squared t-value* | P value |
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Gender | 227 | ||||
Male | 17 (42.5) | 23 (57.5) | 40 | 1.594 | 0.2067 |
Female | 60 (32.1) | 127 (67.9) | 187 | ||
Age | 49.61±10.97 | 44.35±8.47 | 46.14±9.70 | t=4.476* | < 0.0001 |
Nodule size(mm) | 19.7±15.1 | 12.6±9.2 | 15.3±12.3 | t=4.629* | < 0.0001 |
Solitary nodule | 57 | 93 | 150 | 3.283 | 0.0700 |
Multiple nodules | 20 | 57 | 77 | ||
Location | 313 | ||||
Left lobar | 55 | 87 | 142 | 4.395 | 0.1111 |
Right lobar | 64 | 100 | 164 | ||
Isthmus | 0 | 7 | 7 |