Table 5.
COX proportional hazard analysis of the predictors of DFS in the FTC series
Variable | P | HR | 95% CI |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||
Tumor size, cm | 0.244 | 0.576 | 0.227 | 1.458 |
Extrathyroid extension | 0.021 | 4.937 | 1.279 | 19.057 |
Degree of invasion | <0.001 | 13.118 | 3.364 | 51.144 |
DFS, disease-free survival; FTC, follicular thyroid carcinoma.