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Table 2 Distribution of maximum tumor diameter (MTD) of the papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) by sex, age and period

From: Thyroid cancer: trends in incidence, mortality and clinical-pathological patterns in Zhejiang Province, Southeast China

 

MTD < 1 cm

MTD > 1 cm

P

Overall

3245 (29.6)

7734 (70.4)

 

Sex

 Male

762 (26.2)

2142 (73.8)

< 0.001

 Female

2483 (30.7)

5592 (69.3)

Age (year)

 < 20

7 (4.1)

162 (95.9)

< 0.001

 20-

887 (23.9)

2826 (76.1)

 40-

2046 (34.3)

3913 (65.7)

 60-

305 (26.9)

830 (73.1)

Period

 1972–1985

0

73 (100.0)

< 0.001

 1986–1999

3 (0.4)

792 (99.6)

 2000–2014

3242 (32.1)

6869 (65.3)

  1. Data are presented as frequency (%). The sum of the numbers for some characteristic variables is less than the total due to missing values