Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of risk factors associated with central lymph node metastases in 195 patients treated with surgery for PTMC.

Variables	Odds Ratio [95% CI]	p-Value
Age	0.96 [0.94–0.99]	0.018
Gender	2.86 [1.24–6.6]	0.014
Sub-capsular localization	2.03 [1.01–4.07]	0.04
Multifocality	1.85 [0.9–3.79]	0.09
Follicular variant subtype	0.7 [0.3–1.65]	0.43