Table 1.

Distribution of different sizes of thyroid nodules in PTCs and NGs

Variants	Thyroid nodule sizes (No.)
	0.3‐1 cm	1‐1.5 cm	1.5‐2 cm	0.3‐2 cm
PTCs	158	106	17	281
NGs	225	36	11	272
Total	383	142	28	553

Abbreviations: NGs nodular goiters; PTCs, papillary thyroid carcinoma nodules.