Table III.
Association between LAPTM4B genotypes and clinical characteristics of papillary thyroid carcinoma.
| LAPTM4B genotype | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | 1/1 | 1/2 | 2/2 | P-value |
| Age, years | 0.705 | |||
| >40 | 50 | 37 | 12 | |
| ≤40 | 40 | 36 | 8 | |
| Sex | 0.046 | |||
| Female | 64 | 49 | 19 | |
| Male | 26 | 24 | 1 | |
| CLNM | 0.219 | |||
| Positive | 56 | 53 | 11 | |
| Negative | 34 | 20 | 9 | |
| Invasive tumor | 0.531 | |||
| Yes | 49 | 39 | 8 | |
| No | 41 | 34 | 12 | |
| Tumor size, cm | 0.836 | |||
| ≥1 | 40 | 26 | 8 | |
| <1 | 46 | 42 | 11 | |
| Unknown | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| TNM stage | 0.290 | |||
| I–II | 58 | 41 | 10 | |
| III–IV | 19 | 16 | 8 | |
| Unknown | 13 | 16 | 2 | |
| Tumor location | 0.777 | |||
| One side | 17 | 8 | 4 | |
| Two sides | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Isthmus | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Two sides and isthmus | 7 | 7 | 1 | |
| One side and isthmus | 62 | 53 | 14 | |
| BMI | 0.531 | |||
| >25 | 49 | 39 | 8 | |
| ≤25 | 41 | 34 | 12 | |
LAPTM4B, lysosome-associated protein transmembrane 4-β; CLNM, central lymph node metastasis; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.