Table 1.
Sample information | NIT | SFIT | ELIT | p * |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sample no., n (%) | 262 (78.9) | 49 (14.8) | 21 (6.3) | |
Sex, n (%) | < 0.01 | |||
Female (n = 122) | 89 (71.8) | 21 (16.9) | 14 (11.3) | |
Male (n = 212) | 173 (83.2) | 28 (13.5) | 7 (3.4) | |
Age group, n (%) | < 0.01 | |||
<40 (n = 41) | 32 (78) | 7 (17) | 2 (5) | |
40–60 (n = 179) | 147 (82) | 10 (12) | 4 (7) | |
>60 (n = 112) | 83 (74) | 21 (19) | 8 (7) |
p Values calculated using chi-square test.
ELIT, extensive lymphoid infiltrated thyroid; GTEx, genome-tissue expression; NIT, not infiltrated thyroid; SFIT, small focal infiltrated thyroid.