Table 1 Relationship between clinical characteristics and cervical LNM.
From: Clinical features and imaging examination assessment of cervical lymph nodes for thyroid carcinoma
|  | LNM (n = 1226) | Non-LMN (n = 1800) | P value | OR(95% confidence interval) P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 379(49.7%) | 384(50.3%) | 0.000 | 0.596(0.497–0.715),0.000 |
Female | 847(37.4%) | 1416(62.6%) | Â | Â |
Age ≥ 55 |  |  |  |  |
No | 993(44.2%) | 1253(55.8%) | 0.000 | 0.495(0.408–0.601),0.000 |
Yes | 233(29.9%) | 547(70.1%) | Â | Â |
Tumor size | Â | Â | Â | Â |
≤ 10 mm | 591(28.9%) | 1453(71.1%) | 0.000 | 3.534(2.963–4.215),0.000 |
>10Â mm | 635(64.7%) | 347(35.3%) | Â | Â |
bilateral lesions | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 877(36.1%) | 1553(63.9%) | 0.000 | 1.576(1.165–2.133),0.003 |
Yes | 349(58.6%) | 247(41.4%) | Â | Â |
Multifocality | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 751(35.4%) | 1371(64.6%) | 0.000 | 1.251(0.963–1.625),0.093 |
Yes | 475(52.7%) | 427(47.3%) | Â | Â |
Adenomatous nodules | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 990(41.7%) | 1385(58.3%) | 0.012 | 0.833(0.682–1.017),0.073 |
Yes | 236(36.3%) | 415(63.7%) | Â | Â |
HT | Â | Â | Â | Â |
No | 977(40.3%) | 1445(59.7%) | 0.691 | Â |
Yes | 249(41.2%) | 355(58.8%) | Â | Â |
The presence/absence of extrathyroidal extension | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Intrathyroidal | 389(41.5%) | 981(58.5%) | 0.000 | 1.650(1.437–1.894),0.000 |
Capsule invasion | 697(48.3%) | 745(51.7%) | Â | Â |
Extrathyroidal extension | 140(65.4%) | 74(34.6%) | Â | Â |