Table 1.
Patients characteristics according to FNA-CT measurement.
| FNA-CT measurements N = 69 (42 patients) | P | |||
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| Detectable N = 23 (10 patients) | Undetectable N = 46 (32 patients) | |||
| Gender | Female | 4 | 15 | NSS |
| Male | 6 | 17 | ||
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| Age (years) | 63.2 ± 16.7 | 57.9 ± 14.2 | NSS | |
| Personal history of MTC | 7 | 6 | NSS | |
| FNA-CT levels (pg/mL)∗ | 2014 (490 – 15111) | <2 (0) | <0.001 | |
| Serum CT (pg/mL)∗ | 635 (277 – 2524) | 1 (1 – 277) | 0.016 | |
| LN diameter (mm) | 19.7 ± 10.7 | 16.2 ± 6.1 | 0.014 | |
FNA-CT levels and serum CT levels expressed as median (interquartile range); age and LN diameter expressed as mean ± standard deviation; NSS = no statistical significance.