Table 1 Correlation between FTO expression and clinicopathological features in patients with PTC (n = 100)
Characteristic | n | FTO | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
High expression (%) | Low expression (%) | |||
Gender | ||||
 Male | 33 | 14 (42.4) | 19 (57.6) | 0.229 |
 Female | 67 | 37 (55.2) | 30 (44.8) |  |
Age (Years) | ||||
  < 55 | 41 | 25 (61.0) | 16 (39.0) | 0.096 |
  ≥ 55 | 59 | 26 (44.1) | 33 (55.9) |  |
Tumor size (cm) | ||||
  < 2 | 47 | 28 (59.6) | 19 (40.4) | 0.106 |
  ≥ 2 | 53 | 23 (43.4) | 30 (56.6) |  |
Extrathyroidal invasion | ||||
 Yes | 33 | 10 (30.3) | 23 (69.7) | 0.004* |
 No | 67 | 41 (61.2) | 26 (38.8) |  |
Lymph node metastasis | ||||
 Yes | 72 | 32 (44.4) | 40 (55.6) | 0.035* |
 No | 28 | 19 (67.9) | 9 (32.1) |  |
TNM stage | ||||
 I-II | 85 | 45 (52.9) | 40 (47.1) | 0.355 |
 III-IV | 15 | 6 (40.0) | 9 (60.0) |  |