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. 2016 Jun 8;14:168. doi: 10.1186/s12967-016-0915-8

Table 5.

Univariate analysis of the impact of serine/glycine-related protein expression in papillary thyroid carcinoma on disease-free and overall survival by the log-rank test

Parameter Number of patientsa/recurrence/death Disease-free survival Overall survival
Mean survival (95 % CI) months p value Mean survival (95 % CI) months p value
PHGDH in tumor 0.790 0.806
 Negative 126/6/6 105 (101–108) 106 (103–109)
 Positive 218/12/12 106 (104–109) 107 (105–110)
PSAT1 in tumor 0.159 0.231
 Negative 280/17/13 106 (103–109) 108 (106–110)
 Positive 64/1/5 108 (105–111) 103 (97–108)
PSPH in tumor 0.606 0.221
 Negative 300/15/14 107 (105–109) 108 (106–110)
 Positive 44/3/4 103 (96–110) 103 (96–109)
SHMT1 in tumor 0.498 0.248
 Negative 236/11/10 107 (105–110) 108 (106–110)
 Positive 108/7/8 104 (100–109) 105 (101–109)
SHMT1 in stroma 0.655 0.684
 Negative 212/12/10 106 (103–109) 108 (106–110)
 Positive 132/6/8 107 (104–111) 107 (103–110)
GLDC in tumor 0.516 0.059
 Negative 285/14/12 107 (105–109) 108 (106–110)
 Positive 59/4/6 104 (97–110) 103 (97–109)

CI confidence interval; PHGDH phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase; PSAT phosphoserine aminotransferase; PSPH phosphoserine phosphatase; SHMT serine hydromethyl transferase; GLDC glycine decarboxylase

aCases of anaplastic carcinoma were excluded