Table 2.

Clinicopathological features of 234 patients with thyroid cancer

Variables	Stratification	CREB3L1 expression		P
		Low (n = 161)	High (n = 73)
Age (years)	< 55	134	64	0.498
	≥ 55	27	9
Gender	Men	39	13	0.356
	Women	122	60
Bilaterality	Unilateral	131	54	0.265
	Bilateral	30	19
Tumor number	Solitary	114	47	0.406
	Multiple	47	26
Maximal tumor diameter	< 1 cm	36	16	0.847
	> 4 cm	12	4
	1–4 cm	113	53
Capsule invasion	Extracapsular	56	29	0.758
	Absent	87	36
	Present	18	8
Intrathyroidal dissemination	Absent	137	67	0.228
	Present	24	6
T staging	pT1	83	35	0.89
	pT2	17	7
	pT3	42	20
	pT4	19	11
N staging	pN0	59	29	0.718
	pN1a	54	26
	pN1b	48	18
M staging	M0	159	72	1
	M1	2	1
Total thyroidectomy	Not done	127	49	0.077
	Done	34	24
Lymph node dissection	Not done	9	6	0.636
	Done	152	67