Table V.
Association between lipid profile level in the different types of TC and lymph node metastasis among the participants.
| PTC | FTC | MTC | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Metastasis | Non-metastasis | P-value | Metastasis | Non-metastasis | P-value | Metastasis | Non-metastasis | P-value |
| Age (years) | 45.00 (38.0053.00) | 50.00 (41.00–58.00) | 0.050 | 49.50 (44.25–54.25) | 51.00 (38.50–56.75) | 0.909 | 47.50 (44.00–53.25) | 48.00 (40.00–60.00) | 0.869 |
| CHO (mmol/l) | 4.41 (3.80–5.07) | 4.65 (4.07–5.31) | 0.001 | 4.05 (1.08–4.69) | 4.65 (3.91–5.47) | 0.148 | 4.44 (3.93–5.43) | 4.80 (4.18–5.26) | 0.803 |
| TG (mmol/l) | 1.15 (0.79–1.80) | 1.18 (0.78–1.78) | 0.654 | 3.69 (1.24–4.78) | 1.77 (1.08–2.34) | 0074 | 1.45 (1.12–2.29) | 1.40 (0.95–2.48) | 0.914 |
| HDL-C (mmol/l) | 1.12 (0.96–1.30) | 1.16 (1.00–1.37) | 0.024 | 1.32 (0.98–1.52) | 1.17 (0.95–1.38) | 0.481 | 1.29 (1.02–1.73) | 1.27 (1.04–1.51) | 0.266 |
| LDL-C (mmol/l) | 2.50 (2.11–3.14) | 2.69 (2.25–3.22) | 0.003 | 2.47 (2.05–3.43) | 2.86 (2.26–3.51) | 0.392 | 2.66 (2.24–3.08) | 2.83 (2.30–3.28) | 0.521 |
| Apo A1 (g/l) | 1.32 (1.20–1.43) | 1.35 (1.23–1.48) | 0.023 | 1.22 (1.13–1.44) | 1.35 (1.20–1.43) | 0.493 | 1.52 (1.22–1.74) | 1.36 (1.18–1.54) | 0.114 |
| Apo B(g/l) | 0.85 (0.72–1.03) | 0.91 (0.77–1.07) | 0.006 | 0.9350 (0.7775–1.0825) | 1.03 (0.77–1.15) | 0.879 | 0.83 (0.78–1.04) | 0.94 (0.80–1.07) | 0.353 |
| Lipoprotein (a) | 75.00 | 85.00 | 0.043 | 89.50 | 124.00 | 0.581 | 35.00 | 71.00 | 0.105 |
| (mg/l) | (33.75–149.75) | (42.00–177.00) | (57.25–158.50) | (47.75–379.25) | (18.50–119.20) | (29.75–192.00) | |||
| FFA (µmol/l) | 466.00 | 487.00 | 0.416 | 462.00 | 374.00 | 0.502 | 586.00 | 478.00 | 0.862 |
| (347.50–621.00) | (344.00–638.50) | (286.00–713.00) | (309.00–584.00) | (315.25–678.75) | (351.50–673.50) | ||||
| LDLC/HDL-C | 2.28 (1.80–2.88) | 2.33 (1.84–2.90) | 0.542 | 2.04 (1.75–2.51) | 2.77 (2.21–3.10) | 0.057 | 2.37 (1.41–2.71) | 2.26 (1.76–2.93) | 0.317 |
| ApoB/ApoA1 | 0.66 (0.64–0.80) | 0.67 (0.56–0.81) | 0.322 | 0.73 (0.60–0.94) | 0.75 (0.65–0.86) | 0.939 | 0.65 (0.43–0.79) | 0.67 (0.52–0.86) | 0.205 |
ApoA1, apolipoprotein A1; ApoB, apolipoprotein B; CHO, total cholesterol; FFa, free fatty acid; FTC, follicular thyroid carcinoma; HC, healthy controls; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; MTC, medullary thyroid cancer; PTC, papillary thyroid carcinoma; TG, triglyceride.