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Table 1 Patient demographics and pathological characteristics of the excised nodules

From: The role of repeat fine needle aspiration in the management of indeterminate thyroid nodules

Variable

Participants

(n = 96)

Age, years

 Mean (SD)

50.7 (12.2)

 Range

19-75

Gender, %

 Male

17.7

 Female

82.3

Nature of lesions, n (%)

 Benign

39 (40.6)

 Malignant

57 (59.4)

Type of Lesion, n (%)

 Papillary Carcinoma

56 (58.3)

 Follicular Adenoma

25 (26.0)

 Other

15 (15.6)

Histology, n (%)

 Unifocal lesion

63 (65.6)

 Multifocal lesion

33 (34.4)

Size of Malignant Lesion, n (%)

 size < 1 cm

17 (29.8)

 1 = < size < 2 cm

21 (36.8)

 2 = < size < 4 cm

17 (29.8)

 size > = 4 cm

2 (3.5)