Research Article
Interplay between Body Size Measures and Thyroid Cancer Aggressiveness: A Retrospective Analysis
Table 3
Significant findings from a comparison of categorical variables and anthropometric data.
| Assessed characteristic | Variable | Mean ± SD | Median | value |
| Extrathyroid invasion (< 45 years old) | | | | value no × yes | No () | Initial weight (kg) | 70.17 ± 14.52 | 67 | 0.0253 | Initial BSA (m2) | 1.74 ± 0.18 | 1.74 | 0.0096 | Last weight (kg) | 73.33 ± 14.48 | 72 | 0.0307 | Last BSA (m2) | 1.77 ± 0.18 | 1.76 | 0.0105 | Yes () | Initial weight (kg) | 78.18 ± 17.98 | 79.5 | | Initial BSA (m2) | 1.85 ± 0.22 | 1.85 | | Last weight (kg) | 82.20 ± 19.71 | 80.9 | | Last BSA (m2) | 1.89 ± 0.23 | 1.89 | |
| Differentiation (women) | | | | value well × poorly† | Well-differentiated () | Weight change (kg) | +1.96 ± 6.07 | +1.6 | 0.0306 | Poorly differentiated () | Weight change (kg) | −3.92 ± 5.4 | −2 | |
| Late distant metastasis (> 45 years old) | | | | value no × yes∗ | No () | Weight change (kg) | +0.67 ± 5.66 | +1 | 0.0370 | Yes () | Weight change (kg) | −3.92 ± 5.4 | −3 | |
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comparison of median values by Mann–Whitney test, †comparison of median values by Kruskal-Wallis test. |