Table 2.
Univariate analysis for evaluating the correlation between gross extrathyroidal extension and preoperative parameters
| Parameters | BRAF (–) |
BRAF (+) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | P-value | OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
| Age | 0.982 (0.921–1.048) | 0.586 | 0.991 (0.955–1.028) | 0.629 |
| Female sex | 3.333 (0.605–18.371) | 0.167 | 0.945 (0.355–2.516) | 0.910 |
| Size | 62.294 (47.328–819.917) | <0.001* | 39.837 (3.607–439.989) | 0.003* |
| cN1a | 1.432 (0.143–4.856) | 0.690 | 1.115 (0.131–9.449) | 0.921 |
| cN1b | 0.621 (0.314–6.648) | 0.539 | 2.246 (0.566–8.912) | 0.250 |
| US group | 2.692 (1.217–5.956) | 0.015* | 1.766 (1.172–2.660) | 0.007* |
| Marked hypoechoic | 1.500 (0.285–7.891) | 0.632 | 0.761 (0.245–2.364) | 0.637 |
| Taller than wide | 0.737 (0.177–3.074) | 0.675 | 0.714 (0.289–1.767) | 0.466 |
| Spiculated margin | 0.467 (0.111–1.957) | 0.297 | 2.108 (0.689–6.450) | 0.191 |
| Microcalcification | 1.062 (0.255–4.428) | 0.934 | 1.488 (0.638–3.471) | 0.357 |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; US, ultrasonography.
*
P<0.05.