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