Epidemiologic, Clinical, Ultrasonographic, and Cytological Features of Thyroid Nodules in Predicting Malignancy Risk: A Retrospective Study of 442 French Afro-Caribbean Patients

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients who underwent surgery.

Variables	Patients without surgery ( = 442)	Patient with surgery ( = 212)
Age (years)	51 ± 14	50 ± 13	0.6
Sex			0.3
Women	398 (90%)	185 (87%)
Men	44 (10%)	27 (13%)
Family history			0.8
None	414 (94%)	198 (93%)
Nodule	28 (6%)	14 (7%)
Thyroid cancer	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Personal thyroid history			0.7
None	354 (80%)	168 (80%)
Cytology	44 (9%)	15 (7%)
Previous surgery	34 (8%)	19 (9%)
Thyroid disease	14 (3%)	7 (3%)
TSH	1.3 ± 2	1.2 ± 2.3	0.6
Geographical distribution			0.8
Center	139 (31%)	65 (31%)
South	95 (21%)	38 (18%)
North-Atlantique	189 (43%)	94 (45%)
North-Caribbean	12 (3%)	6 (3%)

Number of nodules.