Table 1.

Demographic and histologic characteristics of the whole group of 224 DTC patients

Gender	159 females; 42 males
Age	≤45 years: 77/224; > 45 years: 147/224
Tumor histology	Papillary carcinoma: 211/224 cases
	Follicular carcinoma: 7/224 cases
	Hürthle cell carcinoma: 6/224 cases
Tumor size	≤10 mm: 64/224
	> 10 mm: 160/224
Tumor structural characteristics	Unifocal carcinoma: 165/224
	Multifocal monolateral papillary carcinoma: 31/224
	Multifocal bilateral papillary carcinoma: 28/224
Risk stratification	High risk: 62/224
	Low risk: 64/224
	Very low risk: 98/224