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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with thyroid nodules (N = 436) that underwent ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration (UG-FNA) cytology between January 2011 and December 2015 in a tertiary hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

From: Thyroid malignancy among patients with thyroid nodules in the United Arab Emirates: a five-year retrospective tertiary Centre analysis

 

Number (%)

N

Gender

Women

367 (84.2)

Men

69 (15.8)

Age (years) mean (SD)

44.1 (12.7)

Age groups

18–29 years

54 (12.4)

30–39 years

114 (26.2)

40–49 years

133 (30.5)

50–59 years

77 (17.7)

  ≥ 60 years

58 (13.3)

Ethnicitya

UAE

95 (21.4)

Arabs

241 (55.4)

Far-East Asians

36 (8.3)

South-East Asians

29 (6.7)

Caucasians

26 (6.0)

Others

8 (1.8)

  1. aOne patient with missing ethnicity