Table 2.

Multivariate analysis for MUC1 expression and clinical features in 486 PTC patients from TCGA database

Characteristics	OR	95% CI	P-value
BRAF mutation	9.837	6.065–15.955	0.000
Extrathyroid extension	1.821	0.0910–3.644	0.090
Histologic type	1.207	0.846–1.722	0.300
Lymph node metastasis	1.836	1.147–2.939	0.011
T stage	1.134	0785–1.637	0.503
Pathologic stage	1.008	0.798–1.273	0.949
Unifocal	0.457	0.288–0.726	0.001

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MUC1, mucin 1; OR, odds ratio; PTC, papillary thyroid cancer; TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas.