Table IV.

Area under the curve (AUC) of the circRNA mRNA expression with the clinical characteristics of the 45 cases of PTC.

circRNA	Clinical characteristics	AUC	95% CI	Sth. Error	P-value
chr5:161330882-161336769-	BRAF mutation	0.7654	0.6142 to 0.9167	0.07714	0.01471
chr9:22046750-22097364+	BRAF mutation	0.7222	0.5562 to 0.8882	0.08468	0.0411
chr8:18765448-18804898-	BRAF mutation	0.7284	0.5757 to 0.8811	0.0779	0.0358
chr12:129699809-129700698-	Capsular invasion	0.7273	0.5480 to 0.9066	0.09146	0.02482
chr5:38523418-38530666-	pN Stage	0.8209	0.6905 to 0.9512	0.0665	0.001538

PTC, papillary thyroid cancer; circRNA, circular RNA; CI, confidence interval; BRAF, B-type Raf kinase.