Table 3.

Non-AIT nodules.

	Malignant Mean ± SD	Benign	p
Bethesda system	5.33 ± 0.58	2.31 ± 0.61	<0.001
length	12.83 ± 7.00	8.21 ± 4.69	0.097
width	10.50 ± 6.26	6.37 ± 3.90	0.075
TSH	1.66 ± 0.50	2.31 ± 1.29	ns
fT4	1.19 ± 0.15	1.42 ± 0.75	ns
TPO antibodies	9.40 ± 0.01	12.93 ± 7.60	ns

ns—not statistically significant; TSH—thyroid-stimulating hormone; fT4—free thyroxine; TPO—thyroperoxidase.