Table I.

AEG-1 expression in PTC and their relation with clinicopathological features of PTC.

Variable	Cases (n)	%	Expression level of AEG-1	P-value
Age (years)	8–78 (mean age: 39)			0.186
<45	141	69.1	0.1540±0.0498
≥45	63	30.9	0.1435±0.0563
Sex				0.226
Male	50	24.5	0.1543±0.0520
Female	154	75.5	0.1496±0.0521
Tumor size (cm)				0.164
≤2	122	59.8	0.1466±0.0521
>2	82	40.2	0.1569±0.0514
TNM stage				0.233
I- II	184	90.2	0.1493±0.0512
III- IV	20	9.8	0.1639±0.0584
Lymph node metastasis				0.007a
Present	85	41.7	0.1622±0.0538
Absent	119	58.3	0.1425±0.0492
Distant metastasis				0.284
Yes	3	1.5	0.1827±0.0589
No	201	98.5	0.1503±0.0519

^aP<0.05.