Table 2.

Comparison of pre- and post-therapy T_e in different types of lesion

		< 18 years; n = 27 (group 1)					18–21 years; n = 57 (group 2)					≤21 years; n = 84 (combined group 1 + 2)
		No. of lesions	Median (hours)	IQR (hours)	p values	Difference in median (%)	No. of lesions	Median (hours)	IQR (hours)	p values	Difference in median (%)	No. of lesions	Median (hours)	IQR (hours)	p values	Difference in median (%)
Intact Lobe	Pre-therapy	2*					8	192	186.7–192	0.0938	23.96	10	192	181.1–192	0.1563	18.23
	Post-therapy							146	131–178.5				157	132–192
Thyroid remnant	Pre-therapy	18#	100.23	75.9–124.4	0.7474	3.32	33	85.5	56.7–115.9	0.4476	0.01	51	87.17	58.75–121.6	0.3039	5.80
	Post-therapy		96.9	69.7–124.07				80.49	56.2–122.7				82.11	55.1–127.7
Lymph nodes	Pre-therapy	62	59.84	30.05–115.9	< 0.0001	17.28	56	71.26	48.46–105	< 0.0001	18.75	118	68.5	44.3–113.9	< 0.0001	19.42
	Post-therapy		49.5	35.86–69.09				57.9	38.3–77.69				55.2	37.3–75.2
Lungs	Pre-therapy	42	44.5	30.3–66	0.0031	10.74	32	37.62	29.6–72	0.0047	20.15	74	43.5	29.6–69.5	< 0.0001	15.17
	Post-therapy		39.72	29.8–51.9				30.04	23.5–54.9				36.9	26.8–52.2
Overall	Pre-therapy	124	59.8	37–112	< 0.0001	18.73	129	73.9	46.2–112.7	< 0.0001	18.81	253	68.6	41.53–112.36	< 0.0001	20.26
	Post-therapy		48.6	35.2–70.8				60	57.4–85.9				54.7	36–80.6

*Values could not be derived due to small sample size

^#Values were normally distributed and expressed in mean and 95% CI