Lymph node metastasis in suprasternal space and intra-infrahyoid strap muscle space from papillary thyroid carcinoma

Table 1 Univariate analysis of demographic and clinicopathologic factors for patients who had lymph nodes in LNCM compared to those who did not

Variables	Present (n = 451)	Absent (n = 1653)	P value
Age (mean ± SD)
≤ 55/> 55	274/177	946/707	0.179
Gender
Female / Male	247/204	886/767	0.659
Tumor size
< 1.0 cm / ≥1.0 cm	121/330	448/1205	0.908
Coexistent thyroid
Nodular goiter
Yes / No	47/404	183/1470	0.695
Toxic goiter
Yes / No	74/377	238/1415	0.287
Hashimoto’s disease
Yes / No	208/243	614/1039	0.001
Tumor focality
Multifocality / Unifocality	303/148	605/1048	< 0.001
Tumor location			< 0.001
Inferior portion	245	639
Upper-Middle portion	206	1014
Extrathyroidal extension
Yes / No	241/210	725/928	< 0.001
Central cervical metastasis
Yes / No	304/147	1013/640	0.017
Lateral cervical metastasis
Level II
Yes / No	80/371	257/1396	0.216
Level III
Yes / No	229/222	542/1111	< 0.001
Level IV
Yes / No	233/218	571/1082	< 0.001

LNCM Lymph Node between superficial layer of deep Cervical fascia and deep fascia of infrahyoid Muscles

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