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Table 2 Comparison of thyroid ultrasound results and clinical characteristics of ADPKD patients in our cohort according to gender

From: Incidence of thyroid nodules in early stage autosomal polycystic kidney disease

 

Female

(n = 40)

Male

(n = 9)

p-value

Age [years] – mean (SD)

35.6 ± 10.6

41.6 ±16.7

0.333

V of TG [ml] - mean (SD)

10.1 ± 2.64

16.9 ± 8.43

0.057

n with TN (%)

18 (45%)

6 (67%)

0.289

Mean V of TN [ml] - median (Q – Q3)

0.0122 (0.005-0.145)

0.08 (0.052-0.156)

0.386

  1. P-values were calculated using independent-sample t-test in the case of normal distribution and Mann-Whitney U in case of non-normal distribution. For categorical data, the Fisher test was used due to the small sample size. n number of patients, SD standard deviation, V volume, TG thyroid gland, TN thyroid nodules, (Q1 – Q3) quartile range
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