Table 2 Association between miR-96-3p relative expression (PTC tissues over normal adjacent thyroid tissues) and clinicopathological characteristics in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)
From: MicroRNA-96-3p promotes metastasis of papillary thyroid cancer through targeting SDHB
Clinical characteristics | n | miR-96-3p | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (year) | |||
≤ 44 | 19 | 5.365 | 0.053 |
> 44 | 9 | 4.123 | |
Sex | |||
Male | 10 | 4.235 | 0.092 |
Female | 18 | 4.112 | |
Multicentricity | |||
No | 18 | 3.925 | 0.067 |
Yes | 10 | 4.256 | |
Cervical LN metastasis | |||
No | 11 | 4.968 | 0.004** |
Yes | 17 | 3.456 | |
TNM | |||
I/II | 20 | 3.865 | 0.003** |
III/IV | 8 | 5.768 | |
Tumor size | |||
≤ 2 cm | 23 | 4.098 | 0.071 |
> 2 cm | 5 | 3.889 | |