The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 2 The final diagnosis by age and gender

From: Value of TI-RADS and elastography strain ratio in predicting malignant thyroid nodules: experience from a single center in Egypt

	Final diagnosis (FNAC)
	Malignant	Benign
Factors	n = 72(%)*	n = 1197(%)*	P value
Age
Mean ± SD	42 ± 13	44 ± 9	0.275
Sex
Male	19 (10.5)	162 (89.5)	0.002
Female	53 (4.9)	1035 (95.1)

SD Standard deviation, p value < 0.05 is considered significant
^*Percentages were calculated within rows

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