Coexistence of Histologically Confirmed Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis with Different Stages of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in a Consecutive Chinese Cohort

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate analysis for LNM in PTCs.

Independent variable	Univariate		Multivariate
	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)	value
Age (45 versus <45)	0.439 (0.355–0.542)	0.001	0.455 (0.363–0.569)	0.001
Gender (Male versus Female)	1.723 (1.351–2.197)	0.001	1.544 (1.181–2.017)	0.001
Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT versus non-HT)	0.943 (0.760–1.170)	0.593	0.978 (0.772–1.239)	0.852
Foci of tumor	1.547 (1.367–1.750)	0.001	1.471 (1.293–1.673)	0.001
Maximum diameter	1.047 (1.038–1.057)	0.001	1.041 (1.031–1.051)	0.001