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Table 2 Univariate analysis of factors predicting the improvement or complete remission within 5 years

From: May positron emission tomography reveal ectopic or active thymus in preoperative evaluation of non-thymomatous myasthenia gravis?

 

MGFA Postinterventus status improvement

Complete Remission

Variables

Yes (n = 42)

No (n = 26)

p-value

Yes (n = 17)

No (n = 51)

p-value

Gender

      

&Male

18

13

 

8

23

 

&Female

24

13

0.071

9

28

0.888

Symptom duration

      

&<12 months

12

8

 

10

10

 

&12 months

30

18

0.068

7

41

0.054

Oropharyngeal symptoms

      

&Yes

22

14

 

8

28

 

&No

20

12

0.424

9

23

0.342

MGFA class

      

&Class I

3

3

 

1

5

 

&Class II

24

16

0.674

10

30

0.868

&Class III

15

7

 

6

16

 

Surgical approach

      

&Sternotomy

29

18

 

11

36

 

&VAT

13

8

0.123

6

15

0.449

Histology

      

&Hyperplasia

18

9

 

5

22

 

&Atrophia

12

11

0.045

5

18

0.274

&Normal

12

6

 

7

11

 

Thymic germinal centers

      

&Yes

23

10

 

8

25

 

&No

19

16

0.191

9

26

0.889

Ectopic thymic tissue

      

&Yes

18

19

 

5

32

 

&No

24

7

0.024

12

19

0.024

Ectopic germinal centers

      

&Yes

9

14

 

2

21

 

&No

33

12

0.009

15

30

0.037

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