Circ_0000144 acts as a miR-1178-3p decoy to promote cell malignancy and angiogenesis by increasing YWHAH expression in papillary thyroid cancer

Table 1 Association of circ_0000144 expression with clinicopathological factors in PTC patients

Clinicopathological features	Number of cases	Circ_0000144 expression		P value
Clinicopathological features	Number of cases	Low	High	P value
Age (years)
≤ 45	14	7	7	0.881
> 45	19	10	9	0.881
Gender
Male	13	5	8	0.226
Female	20	12	8	0.226
Tumor size (cm)
≤ 1	15	10	5	0.112
> 1	18	7	11	0.112
TNM stage
I + II	17	12	5	0.024*
III	16	5	11	0.024*
Lymph node metastasis
Negative	15	11	4	0.022*
Positive	18	6	12	0.022*

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