Table 4. COX regression analysis of different US parameters and Q-USE in the diagnosis of cytologically indeterminate (Thy 3) thyroid follicular lesions.
Variable | Odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | p value |
Strain ratio | 74.22 | (15.57–353.82) | <0.001 |
Irregular margins | 17.95 | (3.84–83.84) | <0.001 |
Hypoechogen/mixed | 0.40 | (0.08–2.10) | 0.279 |
Type 3 vascularization | 1.53 | (0.07–33.84) | 0.788 |
Microcalcifications | 0.69 | (0.17–2.79) | 0.598 |