Table 1. Correlation between clinicopathological features and DLG1-AS1 expression in PTC tissues.

Variables	No. of cases	DLG1-AS1 expression		P value
		High	Low
Age (years)				P = 0.2880
<60	24	11	13
≥60	34	21	13
Gender				P = 0.5920
Male	23	14	9
Female	35	18	17
TNM stage				P = 0.0155
T1-T2	47	22	25
T3-T4	11	10	1
Tumor size				P = 0.1744
<1	36	17	19
≥1	22	15	7
Lymph node metastasis				P = 0.0125
No	44	20	24
Yes	14	12	2

Note: Fifty-eight patients were split into two groups based on the median value of DLG1-AS1 in PTC tissues: DLG1-AS1 high group (n = 32) and DLG1-AS1 low group (n = 26). PTC, papillary thyroid cancer; TNM, tumor-node metastasis.