Table 2 Clinical characteristics of disease-free survivors of DTC

Age at diagnosis (yr), mean (SD)

41.2 (9.8)

Age at evaluation (yr), mean (SD)

46.0 (9.2)

Gender

   Female

287

90.8

Marital status (n = 298*)

   Married

274

91.9

Education (n = 306*)

   >High school graduate

178

58.2

Employment status (n = 307*)

   Employed

142

46.3

Religious (n = 300*)

   Yes

214

71.3

Subjective financial status (n = 294*)

   ≥Middle

274

93.2

Histology

   Papillary carcinoma

308

97.5

   Follicular carcinoma

8

2.5

Stage (AJCC6)

   I

223

70.6

   II

5

1.6

   III

82

25.9

   IV

0

0

   Unknown

6

1.9

Operation

   Total thyroidectomy

284

89.9

   Subtotal/lobectomy

32

10.1

RAI therapy

291

92.0

RAI, cumulative dose (mCi), mean (SD)

134.0 (101.0)

RAI, total frequency, mean (SD)

2.6 (1.4)

TSH (), mean (SD)

0.49 (5.74)

Free T3 (), mean (SD)

3.77 (0.93)

Time since remission (months), mean (SD)

37.3 (28.8)