Table 4. Evaluation of Patients with and Without Central Lymph Node Metastasis in Terms of Age, Tumor Diameter and Lymph Node Status .
Patients | Node-Negative (Mean, Range) | Node-Positive (Mean, Range) | U value | P Value | Cohen’s Effect Size |
Age (y) | 39 (31−68) | 34 (18−69) | 5993.5 | < 0.001 | 0.38 |
Tumor diameter (mm) | 9 (1−35) | 13 (3−60) | 4471.0 | < 0.001 | 0.74 |
Multifocality | 1 (1−5) | 1 (1−21) | 7016.5 | 0.040 | 0.30 |
Total lymph node number | 6 (4−26) | 8 (4−26) | 6559.0 | 0.011 | 0.29 |
Metastatic lymph node number | 0 | 3 (1−17) | 0 | < 0.001 | 1.67 |