Diagnostics of Thyroid Malignancy and Indications for Surgery in the Elderly and Younger Counterparts: Comparison of 3,749 Patients

Table 3

Analyses of correlation between clinical suspicion of malignancy and final diagnosis of thyroid malignancy presence.

	Total (,148)		<45 years ()		45–<65 years ()		65 years ()
		value		value		value		value
	Female
Clinical suspicion of malignancy & final diagnosis	0.543		0.581		0.503		0.554
	Male
Clinical suspicion of malignancy & final diagnosis	0.560		0.542		0.590		0.575

significant.