Table 2.

Comparison Between the Classification of Thyroid Nodules based on CNB and Resected Specimens from Six-Classification Method

CNB Specimen, No.	Resected Specimen, No.							κ
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	Total
I	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.448
II	0	19	0	0	1	20	40
III	0	0	0	1	2	28	31
IV	0	0	0	16	0	1	17
V	0	0	0	0	0	26	26
VI	0	0	0	0	0	463	463
Total	0	20	0	17	3	538	578

CNB, core needle biopsy