Table 5 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of predictive factors of the lymph node metastasis in the 147 papillary thyroid microcarcinomas evaluated in this study

From: Unique patterns of tumor growth related with the risk of lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma

Variables

P-value

Odds ratio

95% Confidence interval

Age (<45 years)

0.001

6.353

2.177–18.540

Tumor size (5–10 mm)

0.155

0.370

0.094–1.457

Non-follicular variant

0.520

1.824

0.292–11.383

Invasive growth pattern

0.468

1.701

0.405–7.139

Isolated glandsa

<0.001

17.937

5.162–62.324

Lateral tubular growtha

<0.001

25.729

7.343–90.143

Extrathyroid extension

0.459

1.488

0.520–4.261

Multifocality

0.215

2.030

0.663–6.212

  1. a Tumor growth patterns identified by cyclin D1 staining.
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