Table 2.
Variable (n = 126) | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
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OR (95% CI) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
Gender (male/female) | 1.7 (0.3-8.9) | 0.542 | 2.2 (0.3-13.9) | 0.416 |
Age, yr (≥ 45 vs. < 45) | 1.1 (0.4-2.6) | 0.891 | 1.7 (0.6-4.6) | 0.304 |
Tumar size, mm (5 < and ≤ 10 vs. ≤ 5) | 1.7 (0.7-4.2) | 0.283 | 1.4 (0.5-3.4) | 0.494 |
Multifocality (multiple/single) | 2.2 (0.2-20.9) | 0.482 | 3.0 (0.3-33.2) | 0.365 |
Extrathyroidal invasion (yes/no) | 1.1 (0.1-12.4) | 0.954 | 0.7 (0.1-9.7) | 0.793 |
Hashimoto’s disease (yes/no) | 0.5 (0.2-1.5) | 0.244 | 0.6 (0.2-1.9) | 0.396 |
LNM (yes/no) | 3.1 (0.9-10.1) | 0.057 | 3.7 (1.0-13.5) | 0.045 |
T stage (T3/T1) | 0.5 (0.1-8.7) | 0.655 | 0.2 (0.01-5.1) | 0.339 |
Note: Age and tumor size were assessed as continuous variables in both the univariate and multivariate analyses.