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Table 3 Univariate Cox regression of recurrence

From: Prostate-specific membrane antigen expression predicts recurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma after total thyroidectomy

Variables

Reference

HR (95% CI)

p value

Age (≥55 years )

<55 years

1.640 (0.858−3.135)

0.134

Sex (Male)

Female

0.890 (0.487−1.626)

0.704

Tumor size (>1cm)

≤1cm

1.451 (0.794−2.652)

0.227

Multiplicity (Presence)

Absence

1.484 (0.829−2.658)

0.184

Bilaterality (Presence)

Absence

0.934 (0.468−1.864)

0.846

CLT (Presence)

Absence

0.507 (0.260−0.989)

0.046

Gross ETE (Presence)

Absence

2.267 (1.251−4.107)

0.007

LN involvement (Presence)

Absence

2.236 (0.953−5.246)

0.064

Stage (II/III)

I

1.352 (0.677−2.700)

0.392

PSMA (High)

Low

1.887 (1.069−3.331)

0.029

  1. CLT chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, ETE extrathyroidal extension, LN lymph node, PSMA prostate-specific membrane antigen