Research Article

Preoperative Risk Assessment of Lymph Node Metastasis in cT1 Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Study from Eastern China

Table 3

Multivariate dichotomous logistic regression of the development group for predicting N2 metastasis.

VariableRegression coefficient valueOdds ratio95% confidence interval
LowerUpper

Central location-0.7560.0290.4690.2390.924
Consolidation size (cm)1.921<0.0016.8244.09511.373
Enlarged lymph node on CT2.145<0.0018.5464.49116.262
Smoking history-1.0650.0030.3450.1690.704
Level of serum CEA (ng/ml)0.064<0.0011.0661.0311.102