Research Article
The Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency Is Similar between Thyroid Nodule and Thyroid Cancer Patients
Table 1
Baseline Characteristics.
| | Characteristic | Nodule () | Remission () | Active () | |
| | Sex | Count (%) | Count (%) | Count (%) | -value | | Female | 38 (90) | 39 (87) | 17 (71) | | | Male | 4 (10) | 6 (13) | 7 (29) | .11 |
| | Age group | | | | | | Older (45years) | 24 (57) | 20 (44) | 9 (37) | | | Younger (19–45 years) | 18 (43) | 25 (56) | 15 (63) | .28 |
| | Season | | | | | | Summer | 26 (62) | 29 (64) | 16 (67) | | | Winter | 16 (38) | 16 (36) | 8 (33) | .94 |
| | TNM stage | | | | | | 1 | na | 31 (74) | 12 (55) | | | 2 | na | 5 (12) | 3 (14) | | | 3 | na | 3 (7) | 5 (23) | | | 4A | na | 3 (7) | 1 (5) | | | 4B | na | 0 | 1 (5) | .20* |
| | CA pathology | | | | | | Nodule | 42 (100) | 0 | 0 | | | Papillary | 0 | 34 (76) | 22 (92) | | | Follicular | 0 | 4 (9) | 1 (4) | | | Follicular variant of papillary | 0 | 7 (16) | 1 (4) | .35* |
| | Race | | | | | | Caucasian | 42 (100) | 45 (100) | 24 (100) | |
| | BMI (kg/m2) | Median (range) | Median (range) | Median (range) | | | 28.0 (19.8–51.7) | 27.4 (17.8–43.0) | 29.0 (16.7–46.0) | .66 |
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-values for TNM stage and CA pathology were based on comparisons between the remission and active cancer groups only.
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