Research Article

CircNRIP1 Exerts Oncogenic Functions in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by Sponging miR-653-5p and Regulating PBX3 Expression

Table 1

Correlation between circNRIP1 expressions with clinical characteristics in PTC patients.

CharacteristicscircNRIP1 value
LowHigh

Age (y)0.821
 ≤602126
 >601011
Gender0.944
 Male1923
 Female1214
Lymph node status0.008
 Nonmetastasis2012
 Metastasis1125
TNM stage0.034
 I-II1812
 III-IV1325
Tumor size (cm)0.001
 ≤12110
 >11027