Table 3.

Associations between CSE expression and the clinical/pathological characteristics of PTC patients

		Total	CSE (-/+)	2	p-value
Gender	Female	130	16/114	0.253	0.616
	Male	46	7/39
Age	<45	115	13/102	0.909	0.355
	≥45	61	10/51
Tumor size	≤2 cm	111	20/91	6.482	0.011
	>2 cm	65	3/62
ETE	Yes	25	0/25	4.380	0.048
	No	151	23/128
LNM	Yes	106	7/99	9.804	0.003
	No	70	16/54
TNM stage	I+II	138	20/118	1.142	0.416
	III+IV	38	3/35

P-values are based on chi-square test; “-” (negative), “+” (positive). ETE, extrathyroidal extension; LNM, lymph node metastasis.