Research Article
miR-576-5p Promotes the Proliferation of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma through the MAPK4-AKT Pathway
Table 1
Correlation between clinicopathological features and miR-576-5p expression in 42 patients with PTC.
| Characteristics | n | High expression | Low expression | value |
| Sex | | | | 0.367 | Male | 12 | 5 | 7 | | Female | 30 | 13 | 17 | | Age, years | | | | 0.023 | <55 | 28 | 10 | 18 | | ≥55 | 14 | 8 | 6 | | Extrathyroidal extension | | | | 0.131 | Yes | 22 | 11 | 11 | | No | 20 | 7 | 13 | | TNM staging | | | | 0.008 | I-II | 26 | 9 | 17 | | III-IV | 16 | 9 | 7 | | Lymph node metastasis | | | | 0.007 | Yes | 24 | 13 | 11 | | No | 18 | 5 | 13 | | Multifocality | | | | 0.166 | Yes | 19 | 7 | 12 | | No | 23 | 11 | 12 | | Tumour size, cm | | | | 0.103 | <2 | 31 | 12 | 19 | | ≥2 | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
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