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Table 2 Univariate analysis of risk factors for central lymph node metastasis

From: Risk factor analysis for predicting cervical lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a study of 966 patients

 

OR

95%CI

P value

 

Lower

Upper

 

Gender

(male vs. female)

1.59

1.16

2.18

0.004

Age (years)

    

< 0.001a

≤35

4.19

2.79

6.28

< 0.001

35–45

2.15

1.44

3.51

< 0.001

45–55

1.28

0.85

1.91

0.240

> 55

1

   

Tumor size(cm)

    

< 0.001a

≤0.5

1

   

0.5–1.0

1.86

1.20

2.89

0.006

1.0–2.0

4.24

2.71

6.62

< 0.001

> 2.0

6.78

4.11

11.18

< 0.001

Ultrasound feature

 Microcalcification

(yes vs. no)

1.59

1.19

2.13

0.002

 Hypoechoic solid nodules

(yes vs. no)

0.96

0.69

1.33

0.803

 Irregular shape

(yes vs. no)

1.21

0.92

1.58

0.176

 Infiltrative margins

(yes vs. no)

1.04

0.77

1.40

0.793

 Intra-nodular vascularity

(yes vs. no)

1.64

1.24

2.18

0.001

Multifocality

(yes vs. no)

1.45

1.10

1.92

0.009

Bilateral

(yes vs. no)

1.50

1.09

2.06

0.012

Extrathyroidal extension

(yes vs. no)

2.11

1.54

2.88

< 0.001

Distant metastasis

(yes vs. no)

6.59

0.73

59.19

0.092

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

(yes vs. no)

1.19

0.91

1.56

0.195

TSH value

 

1.01

0.93

1.10

0.799

  1. a means the global p-values
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