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Table 2 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of factors predicting tumor recurrence/persistence in 525 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid carcinoma

From: Utility of routine ultrasonography follow-up after total thyroidectomy in patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-center study

Items

Odds ratioa

P value

Patient age

0.96 (0.93, 0.98)

0.011

Sex

1.20 (0.38, 3.84)

0.759

Size of primary PTC

1.00 (0.92, 1.10)

0.932

Location of primary PTC

0.56 (0.27, 1.20)

0.136

T stage

1.62 (0.64, 4.10)

0.305

N stage

2.41 (1.27, 4.58)

0.007

Multiplicity

1.88 (0.85, 4.17)

0.119

Interval of the last follow-up US

0.96 (0.92, 1.01)

0.058

Number of follow-up US session

1.49 (0.91, 2.46)

0.116

  1. Note. aNumbers in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals
  2. PTC papillary thyroid carcinoma, US ultrasonography