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Table 1 Age and gender distribution of cases in disease nodules and abnormal nodules

From: Diagnosis of thyroid nodules for ultrasonographic characteristics indicative of malignancy using random forest

 

Cytology

No. of nodules

Female

Male

Mean Age ±SD

Disease nodules

Benign

248

189

43

57.2±10.7

 

Malignant

1200

895

243

43.1±11.4

Abnormal nodules

Benign

99

85

14

46.2±10.9

 

Malignant

11

9

2

56.5±9.9

  1. Abbreviations: SD represents standard deviation