Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of preoperative good and poor sleepers.

From: Sleep quality of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: a prospective longitudinal study with 5-year follow-up

 

Good sleepera (n = 11)

Poor sleeperb (n = 35)

p-valuec

Age, years

47.4 ± 10.6

47.3 ± 10.0

0.780

Gender

Male

1 (9.1%)

10 (28.6%)

0.346

Female

10 (90.9%)

25 (71.4%)

 

Body mass index, kg/m2

24.7 ± 4.7

25.4 ± 5.9

0.839

Comorbidities

Hypertension

1 (9.1%)

8 (22.9%)

0.509

Diabetes mellitus

1 (9.1%)

5 (14.3%)

0.800

PSQI score

5.6 ± 1.1

10.7 ± 2.3

 < 0.001

ESS score

4.9 ± 3.7

7.3 ± 4.7

0.105

SSS score

1.8 ± 0.6

2.4 ± 0.8

0.059

Preoperative TSH, uIU/mL

2.6 ± 1.8

2.3 ± 1.7

0.629

Extent of surgery

Lobectomy

6 (54.5%)

15 (42.9%)

0.576

Total thyroidectomy

5 (45.5%)

20 (57.1%)

 

Tumor size, cm

1.0 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 1.1

0.346

 ≤ 1.0 cm

7 (63.6%)

23 (65.7%)

0.919

 > 1.0 cm

4 (36.4%)

12 (34.3%)

 

Nodal stage

N0

7 (63.6%)

18 (51.4%)

0.559

N1a

3 (27.3%)

13 (37.2%)

 

N1b

1 (9.1%)

4 (11.4%)

 

ATA postoperative risk

Low

3

14

0.184

Intermediate

6

20

 

High

2

1

 

Radioactive iodine treatment

3 (27.3%)

10 (28.6%)

0.934

  1. PSQI Pittsburgh sleep quality index, ESS Epworth sleepiness scale, SSS Stanford sleepiness scale, TSH thyroid stimulating hormone, ATA American thyroid association.
  2. aGood sleeper was defined as a patient who had a PSQI score of 7 or less.
  3. bPoor sleeper was defined as a patient who had a PSQI score greater than 7.
  4. cp-values from the Mann–Whitney U test between good and poor sleepers.