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. 2022 Jan 28;41:42. doi: 10.1186/s13046-022-02254-z

Table 2.

Correlation between APOE expression and clinicopathological features in patients with PTC (n = 100)

Characteristic n APOE P value
High expression (%) Low expression (%)
Gender
 Male 33 18 (54.5) 15 (45.5) 0.619
 Female 67 33 (49.3) 34 (50.7)
Age (Years)
  < 55 41 19 (46.3) 22 (53.7) 0.437
  ≥ 55 59 32 (54.2) 27 (45.8)
Tumor size (cm)
  < 2 47 17 (36.2) 30 (63.8) 0.005*
  ≥ 2 53 34 (64.2) 19 (35.8)
Extrathyroidal invasion
 Yes 33 22 (66.7) 11 (33.3) 0.028*
 No 67 29 (43.3) 38 (56.7)
Lymph node metastasis
 Yes 72 40 (55.6) 32 (44.4) 0.144
 No 28 11 (39.3) 17 (60.7)
TNM stage
 I-II 85 43 (50.6) 42 (49.4) 0.854
 III-IV 15 8 (53.3) 7 (46.7)

*p < 0.05