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. 2012 Nov 29;7(11):e50725. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050725

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