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Table 4 US-FNAB cytology results by lesion size

From: Fine needle aspiration cytology guided by ultrasound in the diagnosis of subcentimetre thyroid nodules

	Ultrasound	Negative	Positive
Maximum diameter ≤1.0 cm^a	Benign	1	0
	Very low suspicion	7	1
	Low suspicion	69	29
	Moderate suspicion	204	50
	High suspicion	60	358
	Total	340	438
Maximum diameter >1.0 cm^b	Benign	1	0
	Very low suspicion	11	0
	Low suspicion	64	13
	Moderate suspicion	92	12
	High suspicion	13	116
	Total	181	141

^aχ² = 319.369, p < 0.001
^bχ² = 187.482, p < 0.001

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