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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and management of NIFTP vs non-NIFTP groups

From: Preoperative prediction of non-invasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features: a Canadian single-Centre experience

Characteristics

NIFTP

Non-NIFTP

Total

P value

n = 44

n = 159

n = 203

Age (years), mean (SD)

50.1 +/− 13.6

50.7 +/− 14.9

50.6 +/−  14.6

0.8099a

Female gender, n (%)

38 (86.4)

127 (79.8)

165 (81.3)

0.3889b

Surgery Type

<  0.0001c *

 Lobectomy, n (%)

22 (50)

26 (16.4)

48 (23.6)

 All other surgeries, n (%)

22 (50)

133 (83.6)

155 (76.4)

 RAI Therapy, n (%)

14 (31.8)

83 (52.2)

97 (47.8)

0.0177b *

AJCC TNM Staging, n (%)

0.5349c

 pT1

22 (50)

70 (44)

92 (45.3)

0.5349

 pT2

17 (38.6)

60 (37.8)

77 (38.0)

0.5349

 pT3

5 (11.4)

29 (18.2)

34 (16.7)

0.5349

 N0

44 (100)

149 (93.7)

193 (95.1)

0.1225

 N1a

0

10 (6.3)

10 (4.9)

0.1225

ATA risk, n (%)

0.1712b

 I

44 (100)

147 (92.6)

191 (94)

 II

0

6 (3.7)

6 (3)

 III

0

6 (3.7)

6 (3)

  1. atwo-tailed Mann-Whitney test
  2. btwo-tailed Fisher’s exact test
  3. cchi-square test
  4. *statistically significant (P < 0.05)