Prospective Analysis of Risk for Hypothyroidism after Hemithyroidectomy

Table 1

Characteristics of patients in the euthyroid group and hypothyroid group.

Variable	Euthyroid group	Hypothyroid group
Age, years	42.3 ± 11.8	44.2 ± 17.8	0.58
Male	16.9%	15.0%	0.27
Female	83.1%	85.0%
Patients height, m	1.70 ± 0.09	1.66 ± 0.08	0.05
Patients weight, kg	73.5 ± 15.5	74.7 ± 16.6	0.77
Patients BMI	25.2 ± 4.2	27.1 ± 6.1	0.11
ASA ≤ 2	64.2%	61.8%	0.10

BMI: body mass index; n.s.: difference being not significant.