Table 2.
Patient and tumor characteristics of incident cases of thyroid cancer in PSHI (2003-2012).
| Characteristic |
2003-2007 (n=47) |
2008-2012 (n=142) |
p-value & association measures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at diagnosis in years, mean (SD) | 57.2 (15.3) | 57.4 (14.4) | 0.94 a | |
| Female, n (%) | 42 (89.4) | 116 (81.7) | 0.21a | |
| F/M ratio (95% CI) | 8.4 (3.3-21.2) | 4.5 (2.9-6.8) | 1.9 (0.7-6.7)b | |
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| Histological type, n (%) | Papillary | 39 (83) | 127 (89.4) | |
| Follicular | 6 (12.8) | 10 (7) | ||
| Medullary | 0 | 2 (1.4) | ||
| Anaplastic | 0 | 1 (0.7) | ||
| Other | 2 (4.2) | 2 (1.4) | ||
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| TNM Stage, n (%) | I | 33 (73.3) | 104 (74.8) | 0.24a |
| II | 5 (11.1) | 5 (3.6) | ||
| III | 3 (6.7) | 15 (10.8) | ||
| IV | 4 (8.9) | 15 (10.8) | ||
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| Multifocal, n (%) | 10 (21.3) | 31 (22.1) | 0.9a | |
| Extra thyroidal extension, n (%) | 2 (4.6) | 25 (17.9) | 0.03a | |
aChi square.
bOR (95% CI).