| | |
Status of right upper paraesophageal lymph node
|
p-Value
|
|---|
| | |
Metastasis(−)n = 229
|
Metastasis(+)n = 14
| |
|---|
|
Age(yrs)
|
Mean(95%CIa)
|
49.51(48.04-50.97)
|
50.07(41.11-59.03)
|
0.73
|
|
Gender
|
Male
|
38
|
5
|
0.07
|
| |
Female
|
191
|
9
| |
|
Tumor size
|
Mean(95%CIa)
|
1.0195(0.9455-1.0938)
|
1.6429(1.1599-2.1258)
|
0.006
|
| |
<1 cm
|
125
|
3
|
0.016
|
| |
≥1 cm
|
124
|
11
| |
|
Tumor location
|
Left
|
77
|
1
|
0.06
|
| |
Right
|
95
|
6
| |
| |
Isthmus
|
6
|
0
| |
| |
Both
|
51
|
7
| |
|
Solitary lesion
|
Upper
|
34
|
3
|
0.15
|
| |
Middle
|
80
|
1
| |
| |
Lower
|
41
|
2
| |
| |
Isthmus
|
6
|
0
| |
|
Multifocal lesion
|
Both lobes
|
13
|
1
| |
| |
Affected lobe
|
51
|
7
| |
|
Extrathyroidal extension
|
(−)
|
100
|
1
|
0.009
|
| |
(+)
|
129
|
13
| |
|
Lymphatic invasion
|
(−)
|
119
|
0
|
0.000
|
| |
(+)
|
110
|
14
| |
|
Multiplicity
|
(−)
|
156
|
4
|
0.002
|
| |
(+)
|
73
|
10
| |
|
Vascular invasion
|
(−)
|
219
|
13
|
0.49
|
| |
(+)
|
10
|
1
| |
|
Combined thyroiditis
|
(−)
|
185
|
13
|
0.39
|
| |
Hashimoto thyroiditis
|
27
|
0
| |
| |
Lymphocytic thyroiditis
|
17
|
1
| |
|
Retrieved central lymph nodes
|
Mean(95%CIa)
|
8.2664(7.5873-8.9454)
|
9.2143(6.0666-12.3619)
|
0.33
|
|
Metastatic central lymph nodes
|
Mean(95%CIa)
|
1.3493(1.0205-1.6782)
|
4.9286(2.5700-7.2872)
|
0.004
|
|
Retrieved lateral lymph nodes
|
Mean(95%CIa)
|
20.08(17.0944-23.0656)
|
18.6(13.2234-23.9766)
|
0.64
|
|
Metastatic lateral lymph nodes
|
Mean(95%CIa)
|
0.2882(0.1709-0.4055)
|
3.5(1.4029-5.5971)
|
0.000
|
- aCI: confidence interval.
