Research Article
Role of the Mechanisms of Detection in the Increased Risk of Thyroid Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study in an HMO in Buenos Aires
Table 2
Patient and tumor characteristics of incident cases of thyroid cancer in PSHI (2003-2012).
| | Characteristic | | 2003-2007
(n=47) | 2008-2012
(n=142) | p-value & association measures |
| | Age at diagnosis in years, mean (SD) | | 57.2 (15.3) | 57.4 (14.4) | 0.94 | | Female, n (%) | | 42 (89.4) | 116 (81.7) | | | F/M ratio (95% CI) | | 8.4 (3.3-21.2) | 4.5 (2.9-6.8) | 1.9 (0.7-6.7 |
| | Histological type, n (%) | Papillary | 39 (83) | 127 (89.4) | | | Follicular | 6 (12.8) | 10 (7) | | Medullary | 0 | 2 (1.4) | | Anaplastic | 0 | 1 (0.7) | | Other | 2 (4.2) | 2 (1.4) |
| | TNM Stage, n (%) | I | 33 (73.3) | 104 (74.8) | | | II | 5 (11.1) | 5 (3.6) | | | III | 3 (6.7) | 15 (10.8) | | | IV | 4 (8.9) | 15 (10.8) | |
| | Multifocal, n (%) | | 10 (21.3) | 31 (22.1) | | | Extra thyroidal extension, n (%) | | 2 (4.6) | 25 (17.9) | |
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