Table I.

Association between LINC01186 expression and clinicopathological factors in PTC patients.

	LINC01186 expression
Clinicopathological factors	Patients (n=65)	Lower (n=32)	Higher (n=33)	P-value
Age, years				0.821
≤55	50	25	25
>55	15	7	8
Sex				0.261
Male	22	10	12
Female	43	22	21
Tumor size, cm				0.511
≤2	31	13	18
>2	34	19	15
Lymph node metastasis				0.009a
Negative	35	12	23
Positive	30	20	10
Tumor location				0.494
Unilateral	36	20	16
Bilateral	18	7	11
Multifocality	11	5	6
TNM stage				0.223
I	33	13	20
II	20	11	9
III–IV	12	8	4

^aP<0.05. TNM, tumor node metastasis; PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma.