Significance of TNF-α and the Adhesion Molecules: L-Selectin and VCAM-1 in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 7

Univariate survival analysis for DFS in PTC patients ().

Variables		Patients relapsed	Log rank test statistics
		(%)
Gender
Female	49	2 (4)	Log rank = 7.107, df = 1,
Male	20	5 (25)
Encapsulation
Well encapsulated	63	5 (8)	Log rank = 4.227, df = 1,
Partially/not encapsulated	6	2 (33)
Circulating levels
Circulating TNF-α
Low	37	5 (13)	Log rank = 0.999, df = 1,
High	32	2 (6)
Circulating L-Selectin
Low	33	4 (12)	Log rank = 0.254, df = 1,
High	36	3 (8)
Circulating VCAM-1
Low	35	4 (11)	Log rank = 0.082, df = 1,
High	34	3 (9)
Tumoural protein expression
TNF-α expression
Low	41	6 (15)	Log rank = 2.147, df = 1,
High	28	1 (4)
L-Selectin expression
Low	41	3 (8)	Log rank = 0.456, df = 1,
High	28	4 (12)
VCAM-1 expression
Low	42	2 (5)	Log rank = 3.415, df = 1,
High	27	5 (18)