Table 3.

Correlations between TWSG1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in PTC

Clinicopathological characteristics	n	High expression	Low expression	P value
Sex				0.546
Male	25	13 (25.5%)	12 (24.5%)
Female	75	38 (74.5%)	37 (75.5%)
Age
<45y	43	22 (43.1%)	21 (42.9%)	0.569
≥45y	57	29 (56.9%)	28 (57.1%)
Multifocality				0.549
Unifocal	73	37 (72.5%)	36 (73.5%)
Multifocal	27	14 (27.5%)	13 (26.5%)
Tumor (T)				0.091
T1a	67	30 (58.8%)	37 (75.5%)
T1b	33	21 (41.2%)	12 (24.5%)
Lymph node (N)				0.000
N0	56	15 (29.4%)	41 (83.7%)
N1a/N1b	44	36 (70.6%)	8 (16.3%)
Metastasis (M)				/
M0	100 (100%)	/	/
pTNM stage				0.000
Early (I/II)	76	31 (60.8%)	45 (91.8%)
Advanced (III/IV)	24	20 (39.2%)	4 (8.2%)