Table 2.

Correlation between circNEURL4 expression and clinicopathological parameters of PTC patients

Characteristics	Number	circNEURL4 expression		P
		High	Low
		34	34
Age (years)				0.625
<45	38	20	18
≥45	30	14	16
Gender				0.622
Male	40	21	19
Female	28	13	15
Tumor size (cm)				0.331
≤3	30	18	14
>3	38	16	20
TNM grade				0.002*
I-II	35	24	11
III-IV	33	10	23
Lymph Node Metastasis				0.028*
NO	31	20	11
YES	37	14	23
Nodular Goiter				0.145
Negative	36	21	15
Positive	32	13	19

^* P<0.05.