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Table 1 Biographic data of the patients

From: Growth rates of malignant and benign thyroid nodules in an ultrasound follow-up study: a retrospective cohort study

 

All patients

Subset A (intra-interobserver group)

Subset B (carcinoma group)

Subset C (adenoma group)

Number of patients

77

25

26

26

Mean age [y]

51.6

54.4

50.3

50.1

SD [y]

14.1

12.7

15.0

14.1

Range [y]

22–83

22–83

22–75

24–75

  1. The age of the patients is given in years (y) at initial presentation. Statistically there was no difference of the mean age in the three subsets A (intra−/interobserver variation group), B (carcinoma group) and C (adenoma group) (P = 0.48, ANOVA). SD: standard deviation
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BMC Cancer

ISSN: 1471-2407

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