Table 2 Patient Demographic, Clinical, and Pathologic Characteristics by Extent of Surgery After PSM.

From: Comparative survival outcomes of lobectomy versus total thyroidectomy in T1 and T2 papillary thyroid cancer with more than five positive lymph nodes

Variable

Total

(n = 574)

Lobectomy

(n = 287)

Total thyroidectomy (n = 287)

P

SMD

Age, n (%)

   

0.811

 

 <55

492 (85.71)

247 (86.06)

245 (85.37)

 

0.020

 ≥55

82 (14.29)

40 (13.94)

42 (14.63)

 

0.020

Sex, n (%)

   

0.653

 

 Female

393 (68.47)

194 (67.60)

199 (69.34)

 

0.038

 Male

181 (31.53)

93 (32.40)

88 (30.66)

 

0.038

Race, n (%)

   

0.807

 

 Black

10 (1.74)

4 (1.39)

6 (2.09)

 

0.049

 Other

119 (20.73)

59 (20.56)

60 (20.91)

 

0.009

 White

445 (77.53)

224 (78.05)

221 (77.00)

 

0.025

Marital status, n (%)

   

0.222

 

 Married

308 (53.66)

163 (56.79)

145 (50.52)

 

0.125

 Other

71 (12.37)

30 (10.45)

41 (14.29)

 

0.110

 Single

195 (33.97)

94 (32.75)

101 (35.19)

 

0.051

T stage, n (%)

   

0.675

 

 T1

317 (55.23)

156 (54.36)

161 (56.10)

 

0.035

 T2

257 (44.77)

131 (45.64)

126 (43.90)

 

0.035

N stage, n (%)

   

0.066

 

 N1a

268 (46.69)

145 (50.52)

123 (42.86)

 

0.155

 N1b

306 (53.31)

142 (49.48)

164 (57.14)

 

0.155

Multifocal, n (%)

   

0.131

 

 Multifocal

262 (45.64)

122 (42.51)

140 (48.78)

 

0.125

 Solitary

312 (54.36)

165 (57.49)

147 (51.22)

 

0.125

No. of LN Examined,

median (IQR)

18.00 (10.00, 33.00)

18.00 (10.00, 33.00)

18.00 (10.00, 33.00)

NA

0.203

No. of LN Positive,

median (IQR)

8.00 (6.00, 11.00)

8.00 (6.00, 11.00)

8.00 (6.00, 11.00)

NA

0.196

LNR,

median (IQR)

0.50 (0.31, 0.72)

0.51 (0.30, 0.77)

0.47 (0.31, 0.70)

0.122

0.139