Plasma lncRNA GAS8-AS1 as a Potential Biomarker of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Chinese Patients

Table 1

Multivariate analysis of the association between papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)/lymph node metastasis (LNM) and reduced lncRNA GAS8-AS1 expression.

	lncRNAGAS8-AS1
	OR	95% CI	value
PTC diagnosis	0.891	0.817–0.972	0.010
Model 1
Lymph node metastasis
Model 1	0.608	0.466–0.792	<0.001
Model 2	0.521	0.336–0.807	0.004

Model 1, adjusted for sex and age. Model 2, adjusted for sex, age, TSH before surgery, tumor size, extrathyroidal extension, multifocality, nodular goiter, and Hashimoto thyroiditis. and .