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Table 2 The association between characteristics of the cohort and incision style

From: Patterns of lymph node metastasis in level IIB and contralateral level VI for papillary thyroid carcinoma with pN1b and safety of low collar extended incision for neck dissection in level II

Clinical characters

L- shaped incision

Number(%)

Low-collar incision number number(%)

P value

Gender

 Female

54(66.7)

86(63.2)

0.609

 Male

27(33.3)

50(36.8)

 

Age

  < 55

73(90.1)

124(91.2)

0.795

  >  = 55

8(9.9)

12(8.8)

 

BMI

  <  = 23.9

48(59.3)

80(58.8)

0.950

  > 23.9

33(40.7)

56(41.2)

 

Tumor sides

 Unilateral side

54(66.7)

82(58.8)

0.348

 Bilateral side

27(33.3)

54(41.2)

 

Mulifocality

 No

55(67.9)

96(70.6)

0.677

 Yes

26(32.1)

40(29.4)

 

T stage

  

0.858

 T1,2,3a

77(95.1)

130(95.6)

 

 T3b,4a,4b

4(4.9)

6(4.4)

 

IIA Positive

  

0.0792

 No

42(51.9)

68(50.0)

 

 Yes

39(48.1)

68(50.0)

 

IIB Positive

  

0.576

 No

70(86.4)

121(89.0)

 

 Yes

11(13.6)

15(11.0)

 

IIA positive lymph node ratio(average)

0.152

0.106

0.062

IIB positive lymph node ratio(average)

0.612

0.321

0.154