Research Article

Coexistence of Histologically Confirmed Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis with Different Stages of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in a Consecutive Chinese Cohort

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and thyroid carcinoma distribution between non-HT and HT groups.

Non-HT ( = 5104)HT ( = 1328)

Age at diagnosis48.72 ± 13.7446.21 ± 13.55<0.01
 <45 y ( = 2565)1972 (38.6%)593 (44.7%)15.914<0.01
45 y ( = 3867)3132 (61.4%)735 (55.3%)
Gender
 Male ( = 1373)1274 (25.0%)99 (7.5%)192.350<0.01
 Female ( = 5059)3830 (75.0%)1229 (92.5%)
PTC ( = 1722)1141 (22.4%)581 (43.8%)246.051<0.01
 mPTC ( = 823)541 (10.6%)282 (21.2%)106.826<0.01
 crPTC ( = 899)600 (11.8%)299 (22.5%)101.467<0.01
FTC ( = 115)97 (1.9%)18 (1.4%)1.7830.18
MTC ( = 34)26 (0.5%)8 (0.6%)0.1730.68
ATC ( = 4)3 (0.1%)1 (0.1%)0.0460.83
MC ( = 841)556 (43.9%)285 (46.6%)1.2040.27
Other cancer ( = 101)86 (1.7%)15 (1.1%)2.1030.15
All cancer ( = 1977)1354 (26.5%)623 (46.9%)205.683<0.01
Total ( = 6,432)51041328

Data are expressed as number (percentage) or mean ± SD unless otherwise specified.