. 2019 Feb 18;12:1309–1318. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S184560

Table 1.

Relationship of NUCB2 with clinicopathological characteristics in 155 patients with papillary thyroid cancer

	N=155	NUCB2	expression	χ²	P-value
	N=155	Low	High	χ²	P-value
Age (year)				0.025	0.874
<55	75	30	45
≥55	80	33	47
Gender				1.241	0.265
Male	34	11	23
Female	121	52	69
Extrathyroidal extension				6.500	0.011^*
Yes	113	39	74
No	42	24	18
TNM stage				4.057	0.044^*
I+II	135	59	76
III+IV	20	4	16
Tumor size				6.575	0.010^*
<1 cm	67	35	32
≥1 cm	88	28	60
Lymph node metastasis				0.085	0.771
Yes	76	30	46
No	79	33	46
Multifocality				1.008	0.315
Yes	59	21	38
No	96	42	54

Note:

P<0.05.