Table 4.

Multivariate analysis for MUC1 expression and clinical features in the FNAB specimen of 69 PTC patients

Characteristics	OR	95% CI	P-value
Size	1.002	0.885–1.134	0.978
Age	1.003	0.948–1.062	0.918
Gender	0.815	0.202–3.285	0.774
Lymph node metastasis	3.596	1.029–12.564	0.045
Unifocal	3.355	0.931–12.084	0.064
Extrathyroid extension	3.528	1.044–11.921	0.042
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis	0.860	0.188–3.932	0.846

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; FNAB, fine-needle aspiration biopsy; MUC1, mucin 1; OR, odds ratio; PTC, papillary thyroid cancer.