Table 5.
Correlation between UCA1 expression and clinicopathologic characteristics of PTC patients
Patient characteristics | Low UCA1 expression group | High UCA1 expressiongroup | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
| |||
Age (years) | 1.0 | ||
≤45 | 11 | 13 | |
>45 | 8 | 8 | |
Sex | 0.2812 | ||
Male | 3 | 7 | |
Female | 16 | 14 | |
Tumor diameter (cm) | 0.5254 | ||
≤2 | 10 | 8 | |
>2 | 9 | 13 | |
Lymph node metastasis | 0.0098 | ||
Negative | 16 | 9 | |
Positive | 3 | 12 | |
Stage | 0.0270 | ||
I/II | 15 | 9 | |
III/IV | 4 | 12 |
Abbreviation: PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma.