| |
OR
|
95%CI
|
P value
|
|---|
| |
Lower
|
Upper
| |
|---|
|
Gender
|
(male vs. female)
|
1.60
|
1.00
|
2.56
|
0.051
|
|
Age (years)
| | | | |
0.025a
|
|
≤35
|
2.37
|
1.35
|
4.17
|
0.003
|
|
35–45
|
1.56
|
0.88
|
2.78
|
0.132
|
|
45–55
|
1.45
|
0.82
|
2.57
|
0.206
|
|
> 55
|
1
| | | |
|
Tumor size(cm)
| | | | |
< 0.001a
|
|
≤0.5
|
1
| | | |
|
0.5–1.0
|
1.46
|
0.66
|
3.23
|
0.346
|
|
1.0–2.0
|
2.47
|
1.13
|
5.40
|
0.024
|
|
> 2.0
|
4.30
|
1.89
|
9.81
|
0.001
|
|
Ultrasound feature
|
|
Microcalcification
|
(yes vs. no)
|
1.30
|
0.87
|
1.95
|
0.205
|
|
Hypoechoic solid nodules
|
(yes vs. no)
|
0.80
|
0.48
|
1.33
|
0.392
|
|
Irregular shape
|
(yes vs. no)
|
1.09
|
0.74
|
1.61
|
0.671
|
|
Infiltrative margins
|
(yes vs. no)
|
1.04
|
0.66
|
1.64
|
0.865
|
|
Intra-nodular vascularity
|
(yes vs. no)
|
1.01
|
0.66
|
1.56
|
0.953
|
|
Multifocality
|
(yes vs. no)
|
1.32
|
0.88
|
1.97
|
0.175
|
|
Bilateral
|
(yes vs. no)
|
1.38
|
0.88
|
2.15
|
0.160
|
|
Extrathyroidal extension
|
(yes vs. no)
|
1.60
|
1.06
|
2.43
|
0.026
|
|
Distant metastasis
|
(yes vs. no)
|
0.99
|
1.38
|
7.10
|
0.992
|
|
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
|
(yes vs. no)
|
1.22
|
0.83
|
1.81
|
0.311
|
|
The number of CLNM
| | | | |
< 0.001a
|
|
0
|
1
| | | |
|
1–3
|
3.31
|
2.13
|
5.15
|
< 0.001
|
|
> 3
|
12.24
|
5.98
|
25.06
|
< 0.001
|
|
TSH value
| |
0.98
|
0.86
|
1.11
|
0.711
|
- ameans the global p-values; CLNM central lymph node metastasis
