Table 2.
Association between tOPN and OPN- spliced variant (OPN-SV) transcript expression levels with the presence of PB in cPTC samples.
Psammoma Bodies | |||
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Variable | Absent (n = 19) | Present (n = 26) | p-Value |
tOPN mRNA expression (Median) | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.73 |
OPNa mRNA expression (Median) | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.01 |
OPNb mRNA expression (Median) | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.04 |
OPNc mRNA expression (Median) | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.07 |