Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with or without cervical LNM.

From: Values of ultrasound features and MMP-9 of papillary thyroid carcinoma in predicting cervical lymph node metastases

characteristics

metastases (n = 71)

No metastases (n = 85)

t(χ 2)

P

Age (years)

39.51 ± 13.29

44.15 ± 10.94

2.39

0.02

 Gender

  

0.05

0.83

 Male

18

17

0.64

0.42

 Female

53

68

  

Multifocality

  

0.04

0.85

 yes

24

30

  

 no

47

55

  
  1. LNM: lymph node metastases.
Back to article page