Shear Wave Velocity: A New Quantitative Index to Estimate the Status of Thyroid in Diffuse Thyroid Disease

Table 2

The SWV of different thyroid locations in healthy and DTD groups (m/s, ).

Group		Upper	Middle	Lower	Whole
Healthy	30	1.79 ± 0.18	1.71 ± 0.19	1.74 ± 0.23	1.74 ± 0.16
DTD	74	2.54 ± 1.35	2.64 ± 1.35	2.50 ± 1.35	2.56 ± 1.33
GD	30	2.16 ± 0.40^†	2.23 ± 0.31^†	2.05 ± 0.39^†	2.14 ± 0.31^†
HT	44	2.69 ± 1.54^‡	2.79 ± 1.54^‡	2.67 ± 1.53^‡	2.72 ± 1.52^‡

, DTD group compared with the healthy group; ^†, GD group compared with the healthy group; ^‡, HT group compared with the healthy group.