Table 1.

Clinicopathologic characteristics.

Variables	Cases	SMYD2 expression		P value
	(n=107)	Low (n=65)	High (n=42)
Age (years)				0.083
≤40 years	50	26	24
>40 years	57	39	18
Gender				0.396
Female	82	48	34
Male	25	17	8
Tumor size				<0.001*
≤2.0 cm	68	50	18
>2.0 cm	39	15	24
TCI				0.654
Negative	69	43	26
Positive	38	22	16
ETE				0.576
Negative	55	32	23
Positive	52	33	19
LN metastasis				0.003*
Negative	74	52	22
Positive	33	13	20
TNM stage				0.004*
I–II	84	57	27
III–IV	23	8	15

^*P<0.05 was considered as statistically significant.

ETE – extrathyroidal extension; LN – lymph node; TCI – thyroid capsular invasion; SMYD2 – SET and MYND domain-containing protein 2.