Table 3.
Correlations between PC mRNA expression in PTC tissues and Clinicopathological features of 38 patients with PTC
| Clinicopathological | PC mRNA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Median a (IR) | Ζ | P-value | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| < 55 | 31 | 0.192 [0.059 ~ 0.351] | −1.412 | 0.167 |
| ≥ 55 | 7 | 0.389 [0.149 ~ 2.321] | ||
| Sexual | ||||
| Male | 12 | 0.354 [0.140 ~ 1.944] | −2.324 | 0.020* |
| Female | 26 | 0.149 [0.029 ~ 0.313] | ||
| TNM | ||||
| I-II | 14 | 0.137 [0.044 ~ 0.350] | −1.422 | 0.155 |
| III-IV | 24 | 0.304 [0.096 ~ 0.980] | ||
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| with | 24 | 0.310 [0.134 ~ 1.069] | −2.330 | 0.019* |
| without | 14 | 0.102 [0.029 ~ 0.193] | ||
P values were calculated using Mann-Whitney test.
n number of patients for each studied variable, IR interquartile range
*, statistically significant
a median of PC mRNA expression level