Whether Detection of Gene Mutations Could Identify Low- or High-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma? Data from 393 Cases Using the Next-Generation Sequencing

Table 6

Multivariate logistic regression analyses of more than 5 cervical lymph node metastases in 320 PTMC.

Independent variable	OR	CI 95%
Gender
F	1	—	Ref.
M	3.1	1.60–5.86	0.001
Age at diagnosis (years)
≤40	1	—	Ref.
(40, 60]	3.73	1.91–7.28	<0.001
>60	17.89	2.27–140.10	0.006
Maximum tumor size (mm)
≤5	1	—	Ref.
>5	5.25	2.29–12.04	<0.001
Intrathyroid spread
No	1	—	Ref.
Yes	10.62	1.88-59.80	0.007
Bilateralism
No	1	—	Ref.
Yes	2.47	1.18–5.18	0.016

CI: confidence interval, OR: odds ratio, and PTMC: papillary thyroid microcarcinoma. p < 0.05 is significant.