Results of univariate analysis of clinicopathological characteristics and a cancer diagnosis
| Follicular neoplasm | Hürthle cell neoplasm | Suspicious papillary neoplasm | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Cancer/no. | % Cancer | p value | Adjusted p value* | Cancer/no. | % Cancer | p value | Adjusted p value* | Cancer/no. | % Cancer | p value | Adjusted p value* |
| Age, yr | 0.84 | 0.89 | 0.16 | 0.36 | 0.14 | 0.36 | ||||||
| < 45 | 20/106 | 19 | 2/20 | 10 | 17/23 | 74 | ||||||
| ≥ 45 | 29/146 | 20 | 9/27 | 33 | 11/21 | 52 | ||||||
| Sex | 0.72 | > 0.99 | 0.11 | 0.38 | > 0.99 | > 0.99 | ||||||
| Female | 40/210 | 19 | 9/37 | 24 | 21/33 | 64 | ||||||
| Male | 9/42 | 21 | 2/10 | 20 | 7/11 | 64 | ||||||
| Side of lesion | 0.20 | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.92 | 0.012 | 0.11 | ||||||
| Left | 28/112 | 25 | 4/21 | 19 | 11/22 | 50 | ||||||
| Right | 18/118 | 15 | 7/24 | 29 | 15/17 | 88 | ||||||
| Both | 1/2 | 50 | 0/0 | NA | 2/2 | 100 | ||||||
| Isthmus | 1/7 | 14 | 0/1 | 50 | 0/2 | 0 | ||||||
| Size of lesion, mean cm | 0.004 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.42 | 0.22 | 0.40 | ||||||
| Benign | 3.04 | NA | 2.15 | NA | 2.48 | NA | ||||||
| Cancer | 2.16 | NA | 1.92 | NA | 2.14 | NA | ||||||
| Gland nodularity | 0.55 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.95 | 0.11 | 0.34 | ||||||
| Uninodular | 25/149 | 17 | 7/32 | 22 | 13/24 | 54 | ||||||
| Multinodular | 19/96 | 20 | 3/14 | 21 | 14/18 | 78 | ||||||
| Location of lesion | 0.08 | 0.35 | 0.74 | 0.95 | 0.48 | 0.78 | ||||||
| Superior | 9/37 | 24 | 1/5 | 20 | 7/8 | 88 | ||||||
| Middle | 13/34 | 38 | 1/7 | 14 | 7/10 | 70 | ||||||
| Inferior | 12/72 | 17 | 5/13 | 38 | 8/13 | 62 | ||||||
| Isthmus | 1/7 | 14 | 0/2 | 0 | 0/0 | NA | ||||||
| Diffuse | 10/77 | 13 | 3/14 | 21 | 6/11 | 55 | ||||||
NA = not applicable.
↵* Benjamini–Hochberg corrected p value.