Table 2.

Correlation between age, nodule size, nodularity and TSH with VEGF expression

	VEGF		P
	1+ & +2 (Negative/Equivocal) (n=35)	+3 (Positive) (n=26)
Age group (years)
30-40	11 (31.4%)	8 (30.8%)	0.992
41-50	19 (54.3%)	14 (53.8%)
>50	5 (14.3%)	4 (15.4%)
Size of nodule (cm)
<5	18 (51.4%)	12 (46.2%)	0.683
>5	17 (48.6%)	14 (53.8%)
Nodularity
STN	14 (40.0%)	16 (61.5%)	0.096
Multi-nodular	21 (60.0%)	10 (38.5%)
TSH (Benign n=37)
<1.39	11 (40.7%)	2 (20.0%)	<0.001
1.4-2.49	14 (51.9%)	1 (10.0%)
>2.5	2 (7.4%)	7 (70.0%)
TSH (Malignant n=24)
<1.39	4 (50.0%)	1 (6.2%)	0.004
1.4-2.49	4 (50.0%)	5 (31.2%)
>2.5	0 (0.0%)	10 (62.5%)
TSH (Total n=61)
<1.39	15 (42.9%)	3 (11.5%)	<0.001
1.4-2.49	18 (51.4%)	6 (23.1%)
>2.5	2 (5.7%)	17 (65.4%)