Research Article
Changes in the Demographic and Clinicopathological Characteristics of Thyroid Cancer: A Population-Based Investigation in Algeria, 1993-2013
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of thyroid cancer patients according to sex and the period of diagnosis.
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Abbreviations: : frequencies; F: females; M: males; yrs: years; SD: standard deviation; Min: minimum; Max: maximum; TCN: thyroid cold nodules. statistical test for trend; value showing difference between groups excluding unknown (Student’s -test). Men were significantly older than women (). †Variance analysis. ‡ for heterogeneity (females versus males). § for heterogeneity (females versus males). ¶ included colloid goiters, parenchymatous goiters, multinodular goiters, and multinodular heterogengoiters. ǁ includes Grave’s disease, Hashimoto thyroiditis, lymphocytic thyroiditis, and de Quervain’s thyroiditis. |