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Table 1 Clinical and pathological characteristics of DM (n = 39) and NDM (n = 529) groups

From: Patient and tumor factors contributing to distant metastasis in well-differentiated thyroid cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

DM

NDM

p-value

Sex (% M:F)

46:54

24:76

0.002

Average age (SD) (years)

55 (16.6)

50 (14.4)

0.026

Average tumor size (SD) (cm)

4.5 (3.0)

2.0 (1.7)

< 0.001

Multifocal (%)

69.2

30.1

< 0.001

Positive margins (%)

46.9

26.5

0.013

LVI (%)

81.2

29.4

< 0.001

Nodal metastasis (%)

62.9

26.1

< 0.001

ETE (%)

48.4

23.4

0.002

  1. DM Distant metastasis, NDM Non-distant metastasis, LVI Lymphovascular invasion, ETE Extrathyroidal extension