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. 2023 Nov 10;14:1152514. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1152514

Table 2.

Correlation of Cutibacterium with clinicopathological characteristics of thyroid cancer.

Clinicopathological features Cutibacterium high burden (n=32) Cutibacterium low burden (n=20)
Age (years)
<=45 11 11
>45 21 8
Gender
Male 18 7
Female 14 13
Stage
Early stage 8 8
Late stage 19 5
Distant metastasis
Present 10 1
Absent 22 6
Recurrence/progression
Present 21 9
Absent 11 10
Extra-thyroidal extension
Present 17 10
Absent 8 7
Background papillary thyroid cancer
Present 11 1
Absent 9 6