Table 2.

Clinical and pathologic features of patients with or without positive VDR expression in PTC patients.

Index	VDR		P(test)
	Positive	Negative
Age			0.031*
≥45	32	10
<45	19	17
Sex			0.583
Male	8	3
Female	43	24
Tumor size			0.370
≤1	21	14
>1	30	13
TNM stage			0.280
I+II	38	23
III+IV	13	4
RRS			0.912
Low risk	29	15
Middle and high risk	22	12
LNM			0.541
No	32	15
Yes	19	12

^*<0.05 vs. VDR positive expression <45 years old.