Table 1 Pre-surgical clinicopathological features of PTC patients with concurrent HT.
From: Diagnostic utility of BRAFV600E mutation testing in thyroid nodules in elderly patients
| Â | Age (years) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Clinical features | < 70 | ≥ 70 |  |
Number of patients | 74 | 18 | Â |
Age at diagnosis years, mean, range | 79.4, 70-88 | 50.4, 21-67 | Â |
Gender (male) | 29.8% | 33.3% | n.s. |
Substitutive therapy with L-T4 | 41.8% | 33.3% | n.s. |
Tumor volume mL, mean, range | 1.4, 1.0-22.2 | 2.5, 1.5-5.5 | n.s. |
Multinodularity | 75% | 78% | n.s. |
Cervical lymphadenopathya | 7 | 2 | n.s. |
Neck irradiation | 0 | 1 | Â |
Symptoms of compression | 1 | 0 | Â |
Fast growthb | 0 | 0 | Â |
Symptoms of infiltration | 0 | 0 | Â |
Familiarity for thyroid carcinoma | 1 | 0 | Â |