Table 5.

Multivariate Analysis of Predictors of Novel Lymph-Node Appearance of Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in All Patients

Variables	p-Value	Odds ratio [CI]
Male gender	0.6019	0.583 [0.077–4.425]
Family history	0.9932	0.991 [0.131–7.462]
Suspected of or diagnosed as multiplicity	0.3127	1.908 [0.544–6.711]
Young age (<40 years)	<0.0001	6.757 [2.725–16.949]
T>5 mm and T ≤8 mm	0.4404	0.658 [0.228–1.985]
T ≥9 mm	0.4721	1.548 [0.470–5.102]

None of the patients who underwent TSH suppression showed novel node metastasis.