Table 1 Demographic and pathologic characteristics of the patients.

From: Metabolomic analysis of percutaneous fine-needle aspiration specimens of thyroid nodules: Potential application for the preoperative diagnosis of thyroid cancer

 

Papillary thyroid carcinoma

Benign thyroid nodule

Number of patients

34

66

Age (years)

50.0 ± 11.7

54.4 ± 10.1

Male/Female

10/24

13/53

T stage

 T1a

3

 

 T1b

0

 

 T2

0

 

 T3

21

 

 T4

0

 

 N/A *

10

 

N stage

 N0

12

 

 N1a

11

 

 N1b

1

 

 N/A *

10

 

BRAFV600E mutation

 positive

18 †

 

 negative

4

 

 N/A *

13

 
  1. Note - Unless otherwise specified, the data are the means ± standard deviations.
  2. *N/A, Not available.
  3. †18, one patient had two cancers with BRAFV600E mutation and remaining 16 patients had one cancer per person.
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