Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients.
| Abbreviation | Size of Thyroid Averaged, mL (Ultrasound Before Operation) |
Age Averaged (years) | Gender (F/M) | Type of Thyroid Node (Histology After Operation) |
Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy donors | 16.8 (±2.2) | 52.8 | 5/0 | - | 5 |
| FA * | 61.6 (±44.1) | 51.4 | 21/9 | Follicular adenoma | 30 |
| FTC | 57 (±32.5) | 54.5 | 26/4 | Follicular thyroid cancer | 30 |
* Group of patients with follicular adenoma (FA) includes 5 individuals with a large size of thyroid gland estimated before surgery by ultrasound (>130 mL). Samples of their plasma and plasma of healthy donors were used for the analysis of the efficacy of thyroid peroxidase(+)extracellular vesicles (TPO(+)EV) isolation.