Table I.

Association of KLF5 expression with clinicopathological parameters in patients with thyroid cancer.

		KLF5 expression
Variable	Cases (n)	Low	High	P-value
Age (years)				0.645
<45	63	24	39
≥45	35	15	20
Sex				0.240
Male	24	12	12
Female	74	27	47
Tumor size (cm)				0.078
<2	70	24	46
≥2	28	15	13
Lymph node metastasis				0.027
Yes	30	7	23
No	68	32	36
Tumor types				0.931
Papillary	66	26	40
Follicular	27	11	16
Anaplastic	5	2	3

KLF5, Kruppel-like factor 5.