Elevated Concentrations of SERPINE2/Protease Nexin-1 and Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor in the Serum of Patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characterization of the patients diagnosed with PTC or MNG and healthy controls (C).

Group	Number of patients	Gender; F/M	Age (years); Mean ± SEM	Clinical status
Control	20	10/10	55.15 ± 9.80	Euthyreosis
PTC	36	20/16	52.73 ± 11.20	Euthyreosis
MNG	19	10/9	54.71 ± 10.23	Euthyreosis