Table 1.
Average weekly number (AWN) and trends expressed as incidence rate ratio (IRR) of benign, suspicious and malignant (SFM + MAL), indeterminate (AUS/FLUS and FN/SFN), inadequate/unsatisfactory cytological diagnoses and total thyroid FNA
| Pre-lockdown | Lockdown | Post-lockdown | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWN (SD) | IRR (95% CI) | p value | AWN (SD) | IRR (95% CI) | p value | AWN (SD) | IRR (95% CI) | p value | |
| Benign | 44.7 (17.0) | 0.99 (0.99–1.00)a | <0.001 | 1 (0.7) | 0.12 (0.08–0.17)a | <0.001 | 14 (6.9) | 1.28 (1.19–1.37)a | <0.001 |
| SFM + MAL | 3.7 (2.3) | 0.99 (0.99–1.00) | 0.896 | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.18 (0.08–0.42)a | <0.001 | 2.9 (1.3) | 1.32 (1.12–1.57)a | <0.001 |
| Indeterminate | 11.9 (5.7) | 1.00 (0.99–1.00) | 0.447 | 0.4 (0.5) | 0.13 (0.07–0.23)a | <0.001 | 3.9 (2.4) | 1.12 (0.98–1.29) | 0.102 |
| Inadequate/unsatisfactory | 3.8 (2.2) | 0.99 (0.99–1.00) | 0.194 | 0 (0) | 0.05 (0.01–0.23)a | <0.001 | 2.1 (3.1) | 1.62 (1.28–2.06)a | <0.001 |
| Total thyroid FNA | 62.1 (23.0) | 0.99 (0.99–1.00)a | <0.001 | 1.8 (0.8) | 0.12 (0.09–0.16)a | <0.001 | 23.1 (9.1) | 1.27 (1.21–1.35)a | <0.001 |
SD standard deviation, CI confidence interval
aStatistically significant results