Value of Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System in Initial Bethesda Category III Thyroid Nodules

Table 1

Clinical characteristics in 174 patients with initial Bethesda system III cytology.

Clinical features	Benign (n = 78)	Malignant (n = 96)	value
Age, years	49.6 ± 10.95	44.78 ± 10.3	0.829
Gender (F/M)	62/16	77/19	0.906
Nodule size, mm	1.39 ± 1.06	0.77 ± 0.48	0.001
Concurrent cancer, n (%)	7 (9.0)	22 (22.9)	0.014

F, female; M, male.