Fig 1.
Selection of study group from 2,403 individuals referred for surgery from 2008 to 2013.
All participants underwent FNAB. FNAB: fine-needle aspiration biopsy, CT: computed tomography, MEN: multiple endocrine neoplasm. FNAB(-): “negative” fine-needle aspiration biopsy result, no suspicion of malignancy; FNAB(+): “positive” fine-needle aspiration biopsy result, suspicion of malignancy; (*): patients with FNAB(-) and benign histopathology result, n = 1,479; (**): patients with FNAB(-) and malignant histopathology result, n = 55; (***): patients with FNAB(+) and malignant histopathology result, n = 111.
Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and pathological characteristics of TC patients.
Descriptive data are presented as numbers (n) and percentages (%) or as the mean ± standard deviation (± SD).
Table 2.
Diagnostic potential of FNAB as indicator of thyroid cancer presence.
Table 3.
Multiple univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses of prediction of radical thyroid resection (radical/non-radical; 1/0) in TC patients.
Table 4.
Multiple logistic regression analysis of prediction of reoperation (yes/no; 1/0) in TC patients.