Table 4.
Correlating tumor variables with local invasiveness and distant metastases at diagnosis in 70 dogs with thyroid tumors
| Macroscopic Local Invasion | Histologic Local Invasion | Distant Metastases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | P Value | OR | P Value | OR | P Value | |
| Tumor diameter | 1.29 | .007 | 1.13 | .038 | 1.29 | .002 |
| Tumor volume | 1.02 | .020 | 1.01 | .139 | 1.01 | .023 |
| Tumor localization a | .156 | .001 | .018 | |||
| Unilateral versus Bilateral | 0.15 | .214 | 0.07 | .027 | 0.10 | .012 |
| Unilateral versus Ectopic | 0.30 | .728 | 0.02 | .002 | 0.50 | .963 |
| Bilateral versus Ectopic | 1.81 | 1.000 | 0.23 | .546 | 4.34 | .546 |
| Tumor mobility (fixed) | 5.86 | .089 | 18.74 | .002 | 2.58 | .310 |
| Scintigraphic uptake (decreased) | 1.24 | 1.000 | 1.23 | 1.000 | 1.24 | 1.000 |
| Thyroid function (hyper thyroidism) | 0.36 | .660 | 0.50 | .920 | 0.29 | .426 |
| Histologic type (dFTC) | 6.89 | .044 | 5.03 | .095 | 1.59 | .743 |
| Ki‐67 | 1.06 | .038 | 1.05 | .210 | 1.01 | .147 |
| E‐cadherin | 1.03 | 1.000 | 1.05 | 1.000 | 1.23 | .528 |
OR, odds ratio; dFTC, differentiated follicular cell thyroid carcinoma.
a
significance level adjusted for multiple comparisons (Bonferroni correction).
P values in bold show a statistically significant association.