Table 8.

Multivariate Analysis of Predictors of Novel Lymph-Node Appearance of Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in the Subgroups of Middle-Aged and Old Patients

Variables	p-Value	Odds ratio [CI]
Male gender	0.9594	1.056 [0.123–8.627]
Suspected of or diagnosed as multiplicity	0.9055	0.882 [0.111–7.042]
Middle-aged (40–59 years)	0.1595	3.067 [0.644–14.706]
T >5 mm and T ≤8 mm	0.6175	1.722 [0.235–12.630]
T ≥9 mm	0.5929	1.506 [0.302–7.506]

None of the patients who underwent TSH suppression or has family history showed novel node metastasis.