Lymph Node Metastasis and Extrathyroidal Extension in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma in Cyprus: Suspicious Subcentimeter Nodules Should Undergo FNA When Multifocality is Suspected
Table 5
Association between different characteristics and ETE.
Characteristics
Categories
Percentage of ETE
value†
Odds ratio (95% confidence Interval)
Gender
Male
23.8
0.68
0.79 (0.26, 2.40)
Female
28.4
Ref
Age
<55
27.8
0.87
1.09 (0.38, 3.14)
≥55
26.1
Ref
Family history
Yes
33.3
0.58
1.39 (0.43, 4.50)
No
26.4
Ref
Multifocality
Yes
36.4
0.29
1.71 (0.63, 4.69)
No
20.0
Ref
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Yes
25.0
0.71
0.83 (0.32, 2.16)
No
28.6
Ref
Graves’ disease
Yes
66.7
0.18
5.62 (0.49, 64.54)
No
26.3
Ref
Tumor size (mm)
0.01¶
1.29 (1.05, 1.59)
Tumor size
≤5 mm
19.1
0.08
Ref
>5 mm
34.5
2.23 (0.89, 5.56)
Total tumor size (mm)
0.04¶
1.18 (1.01, 1.38)
Total tumor size
≤5 mm
17.1
0.05
Ref
>5 mm
34.4
2.55 (0.97, 6.73)
LN metastasis
Yes
58.3
0.00
No
17.9
† value for the χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test. ¶ value of univariable logistic regression.
