Table 3.

Correlations between cancer stem cell marker expression and BRAF V600E mutation status.

Parameters	Total (n = 320)		PTC with lymph node metastasis (n = 188)
	Correlation coefficient	p-value	Correlation coefficient	p-value
CD15	0.393	<0.001	0.367	<0.001
CD24	0.124	0.026	0.111	0.130
CD44	−0.050	0.369	−0.050	0.497
CD166	−0.045	0.427	−0.095	0.194
ALDH1A1	−0.024	0.668	−0.052	0.481

PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma. Bold values indicate statistically significant (p <0.05).