Table 2.
Clinicopathologic characteristics of 599 PTMC patients.
| Variables | Total |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 105 (17.5%) |
| Female | 494 (82.5%) |
| Age (years) | |
| <45 | 284 (47.4%) |
| ≥45 | 315 (52.6%) |
| Tumor size (mm) | |
| ≤5 | 99 (16.5%) |
| >5 | 500 (83.5%) |
| Multifocality | 140 (23.4%) |
| Bilaterality | 101 (16.9%) |
| Extrathyroidal invasion | 99 (16.5%) |
| Lymph node metastasis | |
| Present | 157 (26.2%) |
| Absent | 442 (73.8%) |
| Central lymph node metastasis | |
| Present | 134 (22.4%) |
| Absent | 465 (77.6%) |
| Lateral lymph node metastasis | |
| Present | 60 (10.0%) |
| Absent | 539 (90.0%) |
| Hashimoto thyroiditis | |
| Present | 119 (19.9%) |
| Absent | 480 (80.1%) |