Table 1.

Comparison of postoperative serum thyroglobulin and VEGF levels among groups

	Lung metastasis (n = 20)	Local recurrence (n = 24)	Without recurrence (n = 35)	Control (n = 30)	p
Age (median), years	38	41	34	43	>0.05
Male	4 (20%)	9 (37.5%)	13 (37.1%)	11 (36.7%)	>0.05
TSH, mIU/l	2.16 ± 0.80	2.03 ± 0.76	2.07 ± 0.68	2.12 ± 0.89	>0.05
Thyroglobulin, μg/l	77.52 ± 63.82*	35.35 ± 24.31*	1.27 ± 0.86
VEGF, pg/ml	736.5 ± 248.2*	407.8 ± 57.6*	284.7 ± 48.8	268.6 ± 36.9	<0.05

^*p < 0.01 compared with the nonrecurrence group and the control group.