Retrospective evaluation of the incidental finding of 403 papillary thyroid microcarcinomas in 2466 patients undergoing thyroid surgery for presumed benign thyroid disease

Table 2 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression of sex, age, type of BTD ^a and extent of surgery in relation to PTMC ^b

Variable	OR^c	95% CI^d	p^e
Univariate logistic regression analysis
Sex	.934	.688-1.268	.662
Age	1.025	.965-1.088	.421
MNG^f	1.015	.819-1.257	.895
Hashimoto	1.614	1.211-2.152	.001
Graves	.820	.615-1.093	.175
Plummer's	.791	.552-1.134	.202
SHTN^g	.348	.176-.691	.003
Benign tumour	.987	.790-1.234	.987
Extent of surgery	1.388	1.089-1.770	.008
Multivariate logistic regression analysis (p < 0.10)
Hashimoto	1.539	1.153-2.054	.003
SHTN	.428	.211-.868	.019

^aBenign thyroid disease; ^bPapillary thyroid microcarcinoma; ^cOdds ratio; ^dConfidence interval; ^eStatistical significance; ^fMultinodular goitre; ^gSolitary hyperfunctional thyroid nodule.

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