Table 2. Comparisons of Patient Characteristics for Malignant and Benign Thyroid Incidentalomas.

	Malignant	Benign	P*
Age (years, mean ± SD)	48.8 ± 14.7	51.2 ± 9.8	0.370
Sex (male/female)	20/44	9/26	0.563
Diameter (cm, mean ± SD)	1.8 ± 0.8	1.3 ± 0.5	0.006

^*Mann–Whitney U test performed to analyze statistically significant differences in patient age and diameter of malignant and benign nodules. χ² test used to analyze statistically significant differences in patient gender. SD = standard deviation