Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of thyroid nodules.

Variable	PTC	NG	P value
No. of patients	40	42
Median age (year)	42.12 (16–73)	56.98 (23–78)	0.680
Sex			0.702
Female	29 (72.5%)	32 (76.2%)
Male	11 (27.5%)	10 (23.8%)
No. of nodules	49	52
Diagnostic technique			0.094
Fine-needle punctuate	27 (55.1%)	37 (71.2%)
Surgery	22 (44.9%)	15 (28.8%)

PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma; NG: nodular goiter.