Table 1 Comparison between our study on Noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features (NIFTP), Nikiforov et al. study on encapsulated follicular variant of Papillary Thyroid carcinoma (EFVPTC) and data of a general population with thyroid nodules, including age, sex and lesion diameter. (Age and lesion diameter are reported as mean with range value in brackets)2,22,23,24.
Current study on 68 NIFTP | Nikiforov’s study on 109 EFVPTC | General population with thyroid nodules | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age, years | 55 (21–81) | 45.9 (21–81) | >60 |
Sex F M | N (%) 50 (74) 18 (26) | N (%) 91 (83) 18 (17) | >F <M |
Lesion diameter, cm | 1.7 (0.1–10) | 3.1 (1.1–9.0) | 1.5 |
