Table 1: Thyroid nodules according sex, age and function of the nodule.
| Solitary thyroid nodule (N = 135) | Multinodular goiter (N = 72) | |||||
| Benign N(100) | Malignant N(35) | Malignant 26% | Benign N(55) | Malignant N(17) | Malignant 24% | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 95 | 31 | 89% | 51 | 16 | 94% |
| Male | 5 | 4 | 11% | 4 | 1 | 6% |
| Age (year) | ||||||
| < 20 | 11 | 2 | 6% | 4 | 1 | 6% |
| 21_30 | 38 | 12 | 34% | 12 | 5 | 29% |
| 31_40 | 17 | 8 | 23% | 8 | 5 | 29% |
| 41_50 | 21 | 8 | 23% | 19 | 2 | 12% |
| 51_60 | 12 | 4 | 11% | 6 | 3 | 18% |
| > 60 | 1 | 1 | 3% | 6 | 1 | 6% |
| Function | ||||||
| Euthyroid | 93 | 32 | 91% | 39 | 17 | 100% |
| Hypothyroidism | 4 | 0 | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Hyperthyroidism | 3 | 3 | 9% | 5 | 0 | 0% |