Pretreatment BMI Is Associated with Aggressive Clinicopathological Features of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Multicenter Study

Table 1

Clinical characteristic of 1622 patients with PTC.

	BMI at diagnosis (kg/m^2)				value
	BMI < 18.5	18.5 ≤ BMI < 23	23 ≤ BMI < 27.5	BMI ≥ 27.5
Gender, male/female	14/64	149/677	95/319	115/189	<0.001
Age, y, mean ± SD	43.6 ± 9.1	45.7 ± 8.9	44.5 ± 9.5	45.5 ± 9.2	0.14
Diabetes	2 (2.56%)	23 (2.78%)	27 (6.52%)	48 (15.8%)	<0.001
Hyperlipidemia	2 (2.56%)	79 (9.56%)	89 (21.5%)	74 (24.34%)	<0.001
Hyperthyroidism	8 (10.26%)	78 (9.44%)	68 (16.43%)	40 (13.16%)	0.84
TSH, mU/mL, mean ± SD	1.2 ± 1.1	1.3 ± 0.9	1.6 ± 1.2	1.5 ± 1.2	0.20
Number of LN dissected	16 ± 15	17 ± 13	19 ± 14	18 ± 17	0.39