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

Table 5

Clinical and pathological characteristics of thyroid malignancy (TM) patients () divided into three subgroups according to age parameter. Data were presented as (%).

		<45 years ()	45–<65 years ()	65 years ()	value
Gender
Female	263	85 (88,5)	110 (83.3)	68 (84.0)	0.520
Male	46	11 (11.5)	22 (16.7)	13 (16.0)
Type of surgery
Radical	202	65 (67.7)	82 (66.7)	46 (63,0)	0.803
Nonradical	107	31 (32.3)	41 (33.3)	27 (37.0)
Reoperation
No	217	70 (72.9)	87 (70.7)	50 (70.4)	0.919
Yes	92	26 (27.1)	36 (29.3)	21 (29.6)
pTNM
I	199	88 (91.7)	84 (67.2)	23 (31.9)
II	48	5 (5.2)	21 (16.8)	18 (25.0)
III	31	1 (1.0)	11 (8.8)	15 (20.8)
IV	31	2 (2.1)	9 (7.2)	16 (22.2)
pT
T1a	125	45 (47.9)	62 (49.2)	16 (22.2)
T1b	68	31 (32.9)	26 (20.6)	8 (11.1)
T2	56	15 (15.9)	19 (15.1)	19 (26.3)
T3	25	1 (1.0)	8 (6.4)	13 (18.1)
T4a	17	2 (2.1)	8 (6.4)	4 (5.6)
T4b	18	0 (0.0)	3 (2.3)	12 (16.7)
pN
N0	148	49 (51.0)	60 (47.6)	35 (48.6)	0.071
N1a	42	12 (12.5)	12 (9.5)	14 (19.4)
N1b	20	5 (5.2)	4 (3.2)	7 (9.7)
Nx	99	30 (31.3)	50 (39.7)	16 (22.2)
pM
M0	218	77 (80.2)	87 (69.1)	54 (75.0)
M1	6	0 (0.0)	2 (1.6)	4 (5.6)
Mx	85	19 (19.8)	37 (29.3)	14 (19.4)
Type of nodule
Solitary	223	71 (73.9)	88 (69.8)	56 (77.8)	0.468
Multiple	86	25 (26.1)	38 (30.2)	16 (22.2)

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