Table 2 Univariate analyses of factors for predicting BRAF mutation.

From: Association between BRAF V600E Mutation and Ultrasound Features in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Patients with and without Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

Characteristics

β Coefficient

Odds Ratios

95% Confidence Interval

P value

Total PTC

  Age

0.028

1.028

1.007–1.050

0.010

  Age ≥50 y

0.644

1.904

1.064–3.408

0.030

  Microcalcification

0.816

2.262

1.173–4.362

0.015

PTC with HT

  Solid component

1.747

5.739

1.340–24.588

0.019

PTC without HT

  Age

0.035

1.036

1.006–1.066

0.017

  Microcalcification

1.129

3.093

1.222–7.829

0.017

  1. PTC: papillary thyroid carcinoma, HT: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.