Table 1.

Correlations between hsa_circ_0137287 expression and clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma

Characteristics	No. of patients (%)	Mean ± SD	P value
Gender
Male	38 (31.7)	0.4753 ± 0.8222	.834
Female	82 (68.3)	0.5029 ± 0.5899
Age(years)
<45	59 (49.2)	0.4302 ± 0.5834	.305
≥45	61 (50.8)	0.5560 ± 0.7416
Extrathyroidal extension
Yes	39 (32.5)	0.2288 ± 0.2322	<.001a
No	81 (67.5)	0.6219 ± 0.7673
T stage
T1‐2	80 (66.7)	0.6278 ± 0.7703	<.001a
T3‐4	40 (33.3)	0.2268 ± 0.2295
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	84 (70.0)	0.3898 ± 0.5779	.022a
No	36 (30.0)	0.7376 ± 0.8008
TNM stage
I‐II	79 (65.8)	0.5380 ± 0.6441	.321
III‐IV	41 (34.2)	0.4096 ± 0.7143
Multifocality
Yes	64 (53.3)	0.4983 ± 0.7215	.943
No	56 (46.7)	0.4894 ± 0.6092
Microcarcinoma
Yes	35 (29.2)	0.8046 ± 0.9174	.011a
No	85 (70.8)	0.3663 ± 0.4859
Tumor size (cm)
≤2	77 (64.2)	0.6448 ± 0.7760	<.001a
>2	43 (35.8)	0.2245 ± 0.2478

^aSignificant association.