International Journal of Endocrinology / 2013 / Article / Tab 3 / Clinical Study
Incidental Thyroid Carcinoma Diagnosed after Total Thyroidectomy for Benign Thyroid Diseases: Incidence and Association with Thyroid Disease Type and Laboratory Markers Table 3 Biochemical markers (expressed as median values and interquartile range) in relation to the presence of carcinoma, patients’ gender, and preoperative diagnosis.
TC
value No Yes Total TgAbs (ng/mL) 20.00 (10.00–41.90) 21.40 (12.25–91.66) 0.657 TPOAbs (U/mL) 12.60 (5.15–29.65) 10.35 (2.00–33.96) 0.329 Tg (ng/mL) 58.00 (20.52–194.00) 62.75 (21.43–421.5) 0.696 Age (years) 50 (40–61) 48 (38–61) 0.785 Females TgAbs (ng/mL) 21.38 (10.33–85.48) 23.00 (12.50–89.40) 0.695 TPOAbs (U/mL) 13.00 (5.00–36.34) 8.70 (3.25–24.23) 0.274 Tg (ng/mL) 57.75 (24.10–209.82) 60.70 (18.55–204.80) 0.715 Age (years) 50 (40–60) 47 (37–60) 0.623 Males TgAbs (ng/mL) 14.68 (9.00–29.41) 14.60 (8.40–1224.10) 0.860 TPOAbs (U/mL) 10.98 (5.65–17.15) 17.70 (1.50–102.35) 0.875 Tg (ng/mL) 64.30 (12.40–146.90) 216.80 (25.80–571.02) 0.169 Age (years) 55 (41–63) 60 (37–65) 0.793 Solitary nodule TgAbs (ng/mL) 21.37 (9.75–33.20) 26.95 (14.60–98.45) 0.364 TPOAbs (U/mL) 11.25 (3.67–21.04) 18.00 (2.00–91.95) 0.352 Tg (ng/mL) 27.00 (12.71–79.17) 45.20 (24.08–503.57) 0.253 Age (years) 42 (28–55) 50 (27–66) 0.422 NTMG TgAbs (ng/mL) 19.80 (10.00–41.25) 18.20 (10.00–89.40) 0.966 TPOAbs (U/mL) 12.30 (4.18–24.85) 6.25 (2.12–15.98) 0.213 Tg (ng/mL) 56.60 (20.52–142.45) 92.92 (16.75–461.35) 0.380 Age (years) 50 (40–61) 48 (39–61) 0.751
TC: thyroid cancer; NTMG: nontoxic multinodular goiter;
value, Mann-Whitney U -test.