Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of study cohort
Demographic and clinical characteristics | Total |
|---|---|
Number of patients | 217 |
Gender | |
 Male | 43 (19.8%) |
 Female | 174 (80.2%) |
Age (years) | |
 Children (≤18) | 0 (0%) |
 Youth (19–44) | 100 (46.1%) |
 Middle age (45–59) | 103 (47.5%) |
 Elderly (≥60) | 14 (6.5%) |
Number of nodules | 242 |
Histopathology | |
 Absent | 69 (28.5%) |
 Benign | 23 (9.5%) |
 PTC | 150 (62.0%) |
aFNA | |
 I | 8 (3.3%) |
 II | 68 (28.1%) |
 III | 4 (1.7%) |
 IV | 0 (0%) |
 V | 21 (8.7%) |
 VI | 141 (58.3%) |