Table 2.

Patient and nodule characteristics.

Patient and nodule characteristics
Patient demographics
• Patient age (years): Mean; sd; range	51; 15; 18–88
• Female: Male (n)	42: 31
BTA U-score	n = 73
• Benign U-score (U2)	19/73 (26%)
• Equivocal, suspicious or malignant U-score (U3–5)	54/73 (74%)
Cytology Bethesda score	n = 71
• Insufficient sample (Thy1)	2/73 (3%)
• Benign nodule cytology (Thy2)	46/73 (63%)
• Equivocal, suspicious or malignant cytology (Thy 3a – Thy5)	25/73 (34%)
Benign histology on surgical specimen	n = 10
• Colloid / adenomatoid / lymphocytic thyroiditis / other	7
• Follicular adenoma	3
Malignant histology on surgical specimen (carcinoma)	n = 17
• Papillary carcinoma	10 /17 (59%)
• Follicular carcinoma	7/17 (41%)