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Table 2 Patient characteristics and the correlation between clinical factors and RHT

From: Development of a normal tissue complication probability (NTCP) model for radiation-induced hypothyroidism in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

  

Univariate

Multivariate

Variables

n(%)

p value

p value

OR

95% CI

Numbers

174

    

Gender

 

0.005

0.005

3.598

1.461–8.865

 Female

45 (25.9)

    

 Male

129 (74.1)

    

Age (years)

 

0.066

   

 Median

49.5

    

 Range

16–69

    

T stage

 

0.170

   

 1–2

64 (36.8)

    

 3–4

110 (63.2)

    

N stage

 

0.329

   

 0

16 (9.2)

    

 1–3

158 (90.8)

    

Stage

 

0.174

   

 I-II

20 (11.5)

    

 III-IV

154 (88.5)

    

Technique

 

0.393

   

 3D-CRT

32 (18.4)

    

 IMRT

142 (81.6)

    

Chemotherapy

 

0.091

0.011

18.213

1.920–172.766

 No

19 (10.9)

    

 Yes

155 (89.1)

    
  1. Abbreviation: OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
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