|
Characteristics
|
Overall
|
Benign Thy3
|
Malignant Thy3
|
P - value†
|
Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
|
|---|
|
Number of patients
|
99 (100)
|
81 (81.81)
|
18 (18.18)
| | |
|
Sex
|
|
female
|
79 (79.79)
|
64 (81.01)
|
15 (18.99)
|
0.68
|
1.33 (0.34, 5.12)
|
|
male
|
20 (20.21)
|
17 (85)
|
3 (15)
| |
Ref
|
|
Age (years)
|
|
< 55
|
64 (64.64)
|
52 (81.25)
|
12 (18.75)
|
0.84
|
1.12 (0.38, 3.29)
|
|
≥ 55
|
35 (35.35)
|
29 (82.85)
|
6 (17.14)
| |
Ref
|
|
Age (years)
|
Mean: 49.3
|
Mean: 49.5
|
Mean: 48.4
|
0.75¶
|
1.01 (0.97, 1.05)
|
|
SD: 13.2
|
SD: 13.1
|
SD: 13.7
| | |
|
BMI (kg/m2)
|
|
≤ 30
|
78 (78.78)
|
64 (82.05)
|
14 (17.95)
|
0.91
|
Ref
|
|
> 30
|
21 (21.21)
|
17 (80.95)
|
4 (19.04)
| |
1.08 (0.31, 3.69)
|
|
BMI (kg/m2)
|
Median: 25.6
|
Median: 25.2
|
Median: 26.45
|
0.76¶
|
0.99 (0.89, 1.08)
|
|
IQR: 6.3
|
IQR: 6.8
|
IQR: 6.3
| | |
|
Hashimoto’s /Graves’
|
|
Yes
|
31 (31.31)
|
25 (80.6)
|
6 (19.4)
|
0.84
|
1.12 (0.38, 3.32)
|
|
No
|
68 (68.68)
|
56 (82.4)
|
12 (17.6)
| |
Ref
|
- Variables are n (%) unless stated otherwise. †p-value from the χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test.
- ¶p-value from the independent samples t-test or the Mann-Whitney test.
