Analysis of the Clinical Value of Delphian Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 4

DLNM-related multivariate logistic regression analyses.

Characteristics	95% CI	OR	value
Sex	0.305∼1.051	0.566	0.072
Upper or isthmus	0.224∼0.720	0.402	0.002
Close to capsule	0.123∼2.918	0.600	0.527
ETE	0.326∼1.501	0.699	0.357
Tumor size > 1 cm	1.741∼5.345	3.051	<0.001
CLNM	0.065∼0.226	0.121	<0.001
LLNM	0.063∼0.366	0.151	<0.001

DLNM, Delphian lymph node metastasis; LLNM, lateral lymph node metastasis; ETE, extrathyroidal extension; CLNM, central lymph node metastasis.