Table 2.
Associations between ERβ2 expression and clinicopathological factors from PTC patients
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| n | Total score | P | n | Total score | P | n | Total score | P | |
| Tumor size | |||||||||
| ≤2 cm | 25 | 6.6±1.3 | 0.793 | 16 | 6.2±1.7 | 0.812 | 5 | 5.6±1.7 | 0.456 |
| >2 cm | 25 | 6.7±1.2 | 23 | 6.5±0.9 | 12 | 6.1±1.0 | |||
| LNM | |||||||||
| - | 33 | 7.0±1.1 | 0.035 | 23 | 6.3±1.6 | 0.870 | 10 | 5.7±1.0 | 0.525 |
| + | 17 | 6.3±1.2 | 16 | 6.5±0.7 | 7 | 6.1±1.3 | |||
| ETE | |||||||||
| - | 22 | 6.7±1.3 | 0.529 | 23 | 6.3±1.3 | 0.388 | 6 | 6.0±1.1 | 0.915 |
| + | 28 | 6.5±1.1 | 16 | 6.6±1.3 | 11 | 5.9±1.5 | |||
| TNM stage | |||||||||
| I/II | 47 | 6.6±1.2 | 0.898 | 19 | 6.3±1.4 | 0.682 | 16 | 5.9±1.2 | 1.0 |
| III/IV | 3 | 6.7±1.5 | 20 | 6.5±1.1 | 1 | 6.0 | |||
LNM, lymph node metastases; ETE, extra thyroidal extension; TNM stage, tumor-node-metastasis stage; n, number of patients. Total score, Mean TS±SD. P value was assessed with Mann-Whitney U test.