Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute

Table 2 Demographic and clinico-pathological variables in our study population

From: Spectrum of EGFR mutation and its relation with high-risk predictors in thyroid cancer in Kashmiri population: 2 years prospective study at a tertiary care hospital

Variable	Parameter	Cases (n = 60)
Variable	Parameter	n	%
Gender	Female	44	73.0
Gender	Male	16	27.0
Age in years	< 45	45	75.0
Age in years	≥ 45	15	25.0
Habitation	Rural	51	85.0
Habitation	Urban	09	15.0
Marital status	Unmarried	25	41.6
Marital status	Married	35	53.4
Use of OCP^a	Yes	05	8.4
Use of OCP^a	No	55	91.6
Smoking status	Non-smoker	50	83.3
Smoking status	Smoker	10	16.7
TSH levels ^b	Elevated	27	45.0
TSH levels ^b	Normal	33	55.0
Serum Calcium	Normal	40	66.6
Serum Calcium	Decreased	20	33.4
Initial PPX ^c	Swelling	55	91.6
Initial PPX ^c	Incidental detection	05	8.4
BTD ^d	Yes	05	8.4
BTD ^d	No	55	91.6
Histological types	Papillary	48	80.0
Histological types	Follicular	12	20.0
Grade	WD ^e	41	68.4
Grade	PD ^f	19	31.6
Stage, < 45 years	Stage I	28	46.6
Stage, < 45 years	Stage II	17	28.4
Stage, ≥ 45 years	Stages I and II	09	15.0
Stage, ≥ 45 years	Stage III/above	06	10.0
LN^a metastasis	Present	32	53.4
LN^a metastasis	Absent	28	46.6
V/C ^b Invasion	Present	17	28.4
V/C ^b Invasion	Absent	43	71.6

^aOral contraceptive
^bThyroid stimulating hormone
^cPPX presentation
^dBenign thyroid disease
^eWell differentiated
^fPoorly differentiated
^aLymph node
^bVascular capsular

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