Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and histological diagnosis of patients with definitive unilateral vocal cord palsy after thyroidectomy

Variable	No. (%) of patients*		p value†
	Group A n = 5	Group B n = 7
Age, yr, mean ± SD	57.4 ± 21.7	56.8 ± 19.9	1.0
Sex			0.7
Male	2 (40)	2 (29)
Female	3 (60)	5 (71)
Histological diagnosis			0.6
Benign	2 (40)	4 (57)
Malignant	3 (60)	3 (43)

SD = standard deviation.

^*Except where noted otherwise.

^†Student t test for independent samples or χ² test.