Nodal disease predicts recurrence whereas other traditional factors affect survival in a cohort of South African patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

Table 5 Multivariate analyses for CSS

Variable	Description	Parameter estimate	Standard error	p-value	HR (95% CI)
T stage	T4 vs other	0.079	1.141	0.945	1.082 (0.116–10.119)
Metastatic disease at presentation	Present vs none	0.571	0.590	0.333	1.770 (0.557–5.628)
Extra-thyroid extension	Yes vs no	1.634	0.657	0.013*	5.123 (1.414–18.563)
Pathology	Follicular^a vs other	1.698	0.586	0.004*	5.461 (1.730–17.236)
Residual tumour	R2 vs other	3.187	1.115	0.004*	24.219 (2.721–215.549)
Age	< 45 vs ≥ 45	3.124	1.127	0.006*	22.746 (2.497–207.190)

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