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Table 5 Univariate and multivariate analyses of risk factors predicting malignant lymph nodes in FPTC patients

From: Single-center study of familial papillary thyroid cancer in China: surgical considerations

 

Univariate a

  

Multivariate b

  

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

Group

3.454

1.388, 8.593

0.008

3.005

1.046, 8.630

0.041

Gender

0.996

0.554, 1.788

0.988

   

Age

0.457

0.260, 0.803

0.006

0.353

0.190,0.655

0.001

Tumor size

1.271

0.608, 2.659

0.524

   

Multifocality

0.885

0.496, 1.581

0.681

   

Rapid proliferation

0.340

0.162, 0.713

0.004

0.262

0.119, 0.575

0.001

Local invasion

2.431

1.379, 4.288

0.002

2.833

1.486, 5.399

0.002

  1. Group: familial vs. sporadic, Gender: female vs. male, Age (years): ≥45 vs. <45, (cm): >4 vs. ≤4, Multifocality: yes vs. no, Rapid proliferation: yes vs. no, Local invasion: yes vs. no; OR: odds ratio, CI: confidence interval. aHazard ratios in univariate models; bHazard ratios in multivariable models.
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World Journal of Surgical Oncology

ISSN: 1477-7819

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