Skip to main content

Table 4 Relationships between clinicopathological characteristics and skip metastasis

From: PTC located in the upper pole is more prone to lateral lymph node metastasis and skip metastasis

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

 

(−)

(+)

P value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Sex

  

0.411

  

 Female

1157 (70.8%)

103 (74.1%)

   

 Male

477 (29.2%)

36 (25.9%)

   

Age

  

< 0.001*

2.354 (1.522–3.640)

< 0.001*

 < = 55

1200 (86.0%)

89 (72.4%)

   

 > 55

196 (14.0%)

34 (27.6%)

   

Size (cm)

  

0.101

  

 ≤ 1

796 (48.7%)

66 (47.5%)

   

 1~2

582 (35.6%)

42 (30.2%)

   

 > 2

256 (15.7%)

31 (22.3%)

   

Location

  

< 0.001*

4.295 (2.885–6.395)

< 0.001*

 Upper

527 (32.3%)

97 (69.8%)

   

 Non-upper

1107 (67.7%)

42 (30.2%)

   

ETE

338 (20.7%)

37 (26.6%)

0.100

  

Multifocality

283 (17.3%)

29 (20.9%)

0.292

  

Hashimoto

229 (14.0%)

18 (12.9%)

0.728

  
  1. *Symbol for p < 0.05
  2. ETE extrathyroidal extension, OR odds ratio, CI confidence Interval