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Table 7 The incidence of lateral lymph node metastasis in different sites of lateral cervical compartment

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

The sites of lateral

compartment

Lateral lymph node metastasis

Positive rate

χ 2

P value

No

yes

    

123. 60

< 0.001

Level II

122

89

42.2%

 

< 0.001a, < 0.001b, 0.918c

Level III

70

141

66.8%

 

< 0.001d, < 0.001e, < 0.001f

Level IV

69

142

67.3%

  

Level V

166

45

21.3%

  
  1. aLevel II vs. Level III, bLevel II vs. Level IV, cLevel III vs.Level IV, dLevel II vs. Level V,
  2. e Level III vs. Level V, fLevel IV vs. Level V