Research Article

[Retracted] Unilateral Multifocality and Bilaterality Could Be Two Different Multifocal Entities in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

Table 2

Risk factors of CNM.

UnivariateMultivariate
OR (95% CI) value (SE) valueOR (95% CI)

Age (<45 vs. ≥45)0.374 (0.280-0.499)<0.001-1.027<0.0010.358 (0.266-0.483)
Gender (female vs. male)1.719 (1.249-2.365)0.0010.615<0.0011.849 (1.316-2.599)
Tumor size (≤0.5 vs. >0.5 cm)2.356 (1.768-3.139)<0.0010.842<0.0012.320 (1.7213-3.129)
Unilateral multifocality1.673 (1.174-2.384)0.0040.5070.0081.661 (1.142-2.416)
Bilaterality1.405 (0.990-1.995)0.056///
Capsular invasion1.534 (1.087-2.163)0.014///
Extrathyroidal invasion3.648 (1.495-8.898)0.0021.0230.0332.783 (1.083-7.148)
Hashimoto0.811 (0.566-1.162)0.253///
Simple goiter0.780 (0.590-1.030)0.08///