From: Prognostic parameters for recurrence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
Baseline characteristics | Patients with total or near-total thyroidectomy (n = 150) | Patients with hemi- or subtotal thyroidectomy (n = 101) | Overall (n = 251) | ||||||
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 | HR | 95% CI | P | HR | 95% CI | P | HR | 95% CI | P |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Men | 4.58 | 1.08–19.5 | 0.04 | 24.2 | 2.17–270 | 0.01 | 6.51 | 1.97–21.5 | 0.002 |
   Women | 1.00 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - | 1.00 | - | - |
Lymph node metastasis | Â | Â | 0.053 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.04 |
   pN0 | 0 | NC | 0.99 |  |  |  | 0 | NC | 0.99 |
   pN1aa | 1.00 | - | - |  |  |  | 1.00 | - | - |
   pN1bb | 7.32 | 1.46–36.7 | 0.015 |  |  |  | 4.71 | 1.42–15.6 | 0.01 |