Table 6. Multivariate logistic regression analysis of risk factors for papillary thyroid carcinoma in the nodular goitre patients.

Selected variable	b	Sb	P	OR	95% CI
Female	−0.112	0.427	0.794	0.894	0.387–2.066
Age ≥55 years	0.385	0.329	0.243	1.469	0.770–2.802
Residence in an urban area	−0.719	0.271	0.008	0.487	0.287–0.829
BSA	−0.767	1.386	0.580	0.464	0.031–7.020
Presence of Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT)	−1.353	0.715	0.058	0.258	0.064–1.049
BMI ≥24	−0.865	0.346	0.012	0.421	0.214–0.829