Research Article
Pretreatment BMI Is Associated with Aggressive Clinicopathological Features of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Multicenter Study
Table 4
Postoperative complications and persistent disease in patients with PTC.
| | BMI at diagnosis (kg/m2) | value | BMI < 18.5
| 18.5 ≤ BMI < 23
| 23 ≤ BMI < 27.5
| BMI ≥ 27.5
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| | Postoperative complications | 4 (5.13%) | 49 (5.93%) | 27 (6.52%) | 29 (9.54%) | 0.43 | | Hypocalcaemia | 3 (3.85%) | 41 (4.96%) | 26 (6.28%) | 27 (8.89%) | 0.42 | | Transient | 3 | 39 | 26 | 26 | | | Permanent | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | RLN injury | 2 (2.56%) | 18 (2.2%) | 11 (2.66%) | 8 (2.63%) | 0.89 | | Transient | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | | | Permanent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | Abscess | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.19 | | Postoperative bleeding | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | | Overall postoperative permanent complications | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.42 | | Persistent disease | 3 (3.85%) | 18 (2.18%) | 11 (2.66%) | 8 (2.63%) | 0.37 |
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Some patients may have more than 1 complication.
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