Research Article
Plasma lncRNA GAS8-AS1 as a Potential Biomarker of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Chinese Patients
Table 2
Correlation between lncRNA GAS8-AS1 and clinic-pathological characteristics in all patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).
| | Characteristics | lncRNA GAS8-AS1 | χ2 value | value | | Low (%) () | High (%) () |
| | Sex | | Male | 18 (36.73) | 8 (16.67) | 4.977 | 0.038 | | Female | 31 (63.27) | 40 (83.33) | | | Age (years) | | | | | | <45 | 23 (46.94) | 29 (60.42) | 1.771 | 0.224 | | ≥45 | 26 (53.06) | 19 (39.58) | | | Extrathyroidal extension | | | | | | Yes | 27 (55.10) | 23 (47.92) | 0.684 | 0.535 | | No | 20 (40.82) | 34 (70.83) | | | Tumor size (cm) | | | | | | ≤1 | 32 (65.31) | 36 (75.00) | 1.087 | 0.376 | | >1 | 17 (34.69) | 12 (25.00) | | | Lymph node metastasis | | | | | | Yes | 16 (32.65) | 31 (64.58) | 9.898 | 0.002 | | No | 33 (67.35) | 17 (35.42) | | | TNM staging | | | | | | I-II | 36 (73.47) | 41 (85.42) | 2.115 | 0.146 | | III-IV | 13 (26.53) | 7 (14.58) | | | Multifocality | | | | | | Yes | 15 (30.61) | 16 (33.33) | 0.022 | 1.000 | | No | 33 (67.35) | 33 (68.75) | | | Nodular goiter | | | | | | Yes | 29 (59.18) | 19 (39.58) | 3.726 | 0.068 | | No | 20 (40.82) | 29 (60.42) | | | Hashimoto thyroiditis | | | | | | Yes | 8 (16.32) | 9 (18.75) | 0.099 | 0.795 | | No | 41 (83.67) | 39 (81.25) | |
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, chi-squared test value.
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