Patient Characteristics
| Characteristic | Hypothyroid, n (%*) | rhTSH, n (%*) | P |
| Sex (female/male) | 216 (82.4)/84 (80.8) | 46 (17.6)/20 (19.2) | 0.71 |
| Age (<60/≥60 y) | 244 (83.3)/56 (76.7) | 49 (16.7)/17 (23.3) | 0.19 |
| Histology (PTC/FTC) | 281 (82.4)/19 (76.0) | 60 (17.6)/6 (24.0) | 0.42 |
| T (T ≤ T2/>T2) | 229 (83.3)/70 (78.7) | 46 (16.7)/19 (21.3) | 0.32 |
| N (N0/N1) | 203 (79.0)/81 (88.0) | 54 (21.0)/11 (12.0) | 0.06 |
↵* Row wise.