Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer who were scheduled to receive radioactive iodine ablation following total thyroidectomy.

Characteristic	Patient cohort (n = 48)
Age, years	49.4 ± 10.5
Female	37 (77.1)
Menopausal	21 (56.8)
Smoker	0 (0)
Levothyroxine dosage, µg/day	126.8 ± 12.0
Duration between thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine therapy, days	134.3 ± 42.1
Radioactive iodine therapy dose, mCi	123.8 ± 21.1

Data presented as mean ± SD or n (%) patient prevalence.