Table 6.
Correlation between PN expression level and clinicopathological parameters.
| Variable | n | PN expression (%) | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | P | HR | P | ||
| Age in years | 0.575 | |||||
| ≤ 57 | 26 | 10 (38.5) | 16 (61.5) | 1 | ||
| >57 | 26 | 12 (46.2) | 14 (53.8) | 0.899 | 0.870 | |
| Sex | 0.375 | |||||
| Female | 20 | 10 (50.0) | 10 (50.0) | 1 | ||
| Male | 32 | 12 (37.5) | 20 (62.5) | 1.638 | 0.452 | |
| Histological type | 0.083 | |||||
| Well-differentiated | 21 | 8 (38.1) | 13 (61.9) | 1 | ||
| Moderately-differentiated | 8 | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | 3.720 | 0.271 | |
| Poorly-differentiated | 8 | 6 (75.0) | 2 (25.0) | 0.184 | 0.86 | |
| Papillary | 15 | 7 (46.7) | 8 (53.3) | 0.611 | 0.505 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | 0.123 | |||||
| ≤ 5 | 29 | 15 (51.7) | 14 (48.3) | 1 | ||
| >5 | 23 | 7 (30.4) | 16 (69.6) | 2.493 | 0.161 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | 0.830 | |||||
| Absence | 37 | 16 (43.2) | 21 (56.8) | 1 | ||
| Presence | 15 | 6 (40.0) | 9 (60.0) | 1.459 | 0.590 | |