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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 2.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2011 Dec;150(6):1242–1249. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.09.007

Table 4.

Factors Predictive of Overall Free Survival in the Whole Group

Variable (n=984) Number (%) 10y Overall Survival Univariate Analysis p Value Multivariate Analysis
HR (95% CI) p Value
Age
<45y 457 (46%) 94% Referent
>45y 527 (54%) 76% <0.001 3.362 (1.925–5.870) <0.001
Gender
Female 776 (79%) 93% 0.079 Referent
Male 208 (21%) 98% 1.502 (0.902–2.499) 0.118
cT Stage
T1 707 (72%) 91% 0.455 N/A
T2 277 (28%) 94%
Surgery
Lobectomy 376 (38%) 93% 0.987 N/A
Total Thyroidectomy 574 (58%) 91%
Isthmusectomy 16 (2%) 93%
Subtotal Thyroidectomy 18 (2%) 87%
Pathology
Papillary 891 (91%) 92% 0.988 N/A
Follicular 52 (5%) 92%
Hurthle Cell 41 (4%) 95%
Extension
None 869 (88%) 93% 0.129 Referent
Microscopic 115 (12%) 88% 1.391 (0.714–2.710) 0.332
pT Stage
T1 631 (64%) 91% 0.191 N/A
T2 238 (24%) 95%
T3 115 (12%) 88%
RAI
No 733 (74%) 93% 0.384 Referent
Yes 251 (26%) 88% 0.931 (0.524–1.653) 0.806