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Table 1 Comparison of clinical features between patients with non-diffuse PTL and PTC

From: Differential diagnosis of non-diffuse primary thyroid lymphoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma by ultrasound combined with computed tomography

Clinical features

PTC

PTL

Statistics

P value

 

(n = 100)

(n = 50)

  

Sex

  

χ2 = 3.195

0.074

 Male

24 (24.0%)

19 (38%)

  

 Female

76 (76.0%)

31 (62%)

  

Age (years) mean ± SD

41.63 ± 15.06

63.06 ± 10.14

t' = -10.307

 < 0.001

asymmetric enlargement

 

χ2 = 4.118

0.042

 Yes

57(57.0%)

37(74.0%)

  

 No

43(43.0%)

13(26.0%)

  

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

  

χ2 = 41.583

 < 0.001

 Yes

23(23.0%)

39(78.0%)

  

 No

77(77.0%)

11(22.0%)

  

’is the adjusted t-test value