Table 2.

Patient characteristics at follow-up visit during the Covid-19 pandemic and during the corresponding period of 2019

	2020 (n = 391)	2019 (n = 450)	P value
Age (year)	51 ± 14	50 ± 14	0.43
Male gender, n (%)	91 (23)	83 (18)	0.08
Classical papillary histology, n (%)	239 (61)	303 (67)	0.07
Lymph node involvement, n (%)	39 (10)	75 (17)	0.005
Distant metastasis, n (%)	3 (1)	5 (1)	0.73
TSH (mUI/mL)	2.05 ± 10.2	3.6 ± 23.3	0.21
Tg (ng/mL)	6.5 ± 80.1	1.5 ± 18.2	0.20

Values are expressed as mean value ± standard deviation or as number (percentage) of subjects

TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone; Tg, thyroglobulin