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Original Article
Volume 12, Number 3, June 2022, pages 97-101
Effect of Age, Gender, and Body Mass Index on Thyroid Bethesda Classification: A Retrospective Study
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Bethesda | Men (%) | Women (%) | Men/women ratio |
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Bethesda classification was reported as a score from 1 to 6: 1 for non-diagnostic or unsatisfactory, 2 for benign, 3 for atypia of undetermined significance or follicular lesion of undetermined significance, 4 for follicular neoplasm or suspicious for a follicular neoplasm, 5 for suspicious of malignancy, and 6 for malignant. | |||
1 | 24.7 | 75.3 | 1/3 |
2 | 16.8 | 83.2 | 1/5 |
3 | 14.3 | 85.7 | 1/5 |
4 | 22 | 78 | 1/3 |
5 | 33.3 | 66.7 | 1/2 |
6 | 42.1 | 57.9 | 1/1.4 |
Bethesda score | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total (%) | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Subgroup’s stratifications according to BMI and Bethesda score: underweight (BMI < 18 kg/m2), normal weight (18 < BMI < 25 kg/m2), overweight (25 < BMI < 30 kg/m2), and obese (> 30 kg/m2). BMI: body mass index. | |||||||
BMI category | |||||||
Underweight (%) | 2 (28.6) | 3 (42.9) | 3 (28.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (1.2) |
Normal weight (%) | 46 (13.8) | 194 (58.1) | 50 (15.0) | 22 (6.6) | 16 (4.8) | 6 (1.8) | 334 (50) |
Overweight (%) | 26 (11.4) | 135 (59.2) | 34 (14.9) | 12 (5.3) | 13 (5.7) | 8 (3.5) | 228 (34.1) |
Obese (%) | 15 (15.3) | 49 (50.0) | 18 (18.4) | 7 (7.1) | 4 (4.1) | 5 (5.1) | 98 (14.7) |
Total (%) | 89 (13.3) | 381 (57.0) | 105 (15.7) | 41 (6.1) | 33 (4.9) | 19 (2.8) | 668 (100) |