Combination of extramural venous invasion and lateral lymph node size detected with magnetic resonance imaging is a reliable biomarker for lateral lymph node metastasis in patients with rectal cancer

Table 2 Multivariate analysis result show associations with LLN metastasis

Factor	P value	Odds ratio	95% CI
MRI-EMVI (positive/negative)	0.0112	12.275	1.7700–85.1264
Enlarged LLN^a (positive/negative)	0.0002	50.137	6.608–380.3766
cT (≤ 2/≤ 3)	0.9938	526420.31	–
clinically suspected mesorectal LN metastasis (+/−)	0.1566	4.7811	0.5487–41.6596

MRI magnetic resonance imaging, EMVI extramural venous invasion, LLN lateral lymph node, cT clinical T, LN lymph node, CI confidence interval
^aPositive/negative value of the short axis of lateral lymph node (mm) (≥ 5/< 5)

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