Role of Multiparameter Analysis of AgNORs in FNA Smears of Thyroid Swellings in Differentiating Benign and Malignant Lesions

Table 6

Correlation between AgNOR and histopathology diagnosis (𝑛=61).

		Histopathology diagnosis		Total
		Benign (𝑛=55)	Malignant (𝑛=6)
AgNOR diagnosis	Benign	55	1	56
	(𝑛=56)	(100.0) (98.2)	(16.7) (1.8)	(91.8) (100.0)
	Malignant	0	5	5
	(𝑛=5)	(0.0) (0.0)	(83.3) (100.0)	(8.2) (100.0)
Total		55	6	61
		(100.0) (90.2)	(100.0) (9.8)	(100.0) (100.0)

Figures in parentheses indicate percentages within columns and rows, respectively.
Chi-square test statistics: 𝜒² =49.926, 𝑃=0.0001. Highly Significant (𝑃<0.001).