Research Article

Risk Factors for Contralateral Occult Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Patients with Clinical Unilateral Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Case-Control Study

Table 2

Univariate and multivariate analyses of predicting factors of COPTC.

VariablesCrude OR (95% CI)PAdjusted OR (95% CI)BWaldP

Multifocality
 Absence11
 Presence2.18 (1.13–4.20)0.022.21 (1.11–4.40)0.795.060.03

Diameter
 < 1 cm1
 ≥ 1 cm1.21 (0.62–2.34)0.57

Capsular
 Invasion11
 Intact2.23 (1.14–4.35)0.022.54 (1.24–5.19)0.936.610.01

CNM
 Absence11
 Presence2.52 (1.06–5.98)0.043.00 (1.21–7.49)1.105.570.02

LNM
 Absence10.27
 Presence1.48 (0.74–2.97)

HT
 Absence11
 Presence2.05 (1.05–3.99)0.042.08 (1.02–4.23)0.734.090.04

B-RAF
 Negative10.72
 Positive0.87 (0.40–1.86)