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Table 3 Effect of standardized age on pN stage and the LNR

From: The impact of age at diagnosis on central lymph node metastasis in clinically low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma patients

Characteristic

pN1a stage1

LNR2

OR per SD*

95% CI

p-value

Beta per SD*

95% CI

p-value

Age (< 55 years)

0.59

0.55, 0.65

< 0.001

-0.23

-0.27, -0.19

< 0.001

Age (≥ 55 years)

1.03

0.81, 1.32

0.79

0.03

-0.07, 0.13

0.54

  1. OR = Odds Ratio, CI = Confidence Interval
  2. * A restricted cubic spline (RCS) curve with logistic regression models was conducted to investigate the associations between age at diagnosis and pN stage and the LNR. A two-piecewise logistic regression model was used on both sides of the inflection point, and both ORs and Betas were adjusted for sex, tumor location, tumor size, aggressive variant, LVI, HT and mETE. 1 Adjusted Odds Ratios from Segmented Logistic Regression Analysis. 2Adjusted Coefficients from Segmented Linear Regression Analysis