Research Article
Incidence and Risk Factors of Thyroid Malignancy in Patients with Toxic Nodular Goiter
Table 3
Regression analysis to detect risk factors of malignancy in TNG.
| Variables | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | OR | 95% CI for OR | value |
| Age | 0.590 | | | | Male gender | 0.028 | 2.713 | 1.207–8.423 | 0.043 | Diabetes | 0.748 | | | | Hypertension | 0.383 | | | | Chronic liver disease | 0.999 | | | | Family history of cancer thyroid | 0.999 | | | | TMNG | 0.001 | 3.530 | 1.642–11.965 | 0.022 | Size of the nodules | 0.301 | | | |
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OR: odds ratio.
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