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Table 4 BRAF V600E mutational status in 512 patients of PTC

From: BRAFV600E status and clinical characteristics in solitary and multiple papillary thyroid carcinoma: experience of 512 cases at a clinical center in China

Characteristic

BRAFV600E mutation

P value

Positive

Negative

Number

263

249

 

Age (yr)

45.4 ± 12.3

40.8 ± 16.2

0.028

Male/ Female ratio

79/184

48/201

0.003

Extrathyroidal invasion

91 (34.6%)

37 (14.9%)

< 0.001

Multiple PTC

75 (28.5%)

61 (24.5%)

0.184

Central LNM*

151 (57.4%)

56 (22.5%)

< 0.001

Lateral LNM*

83 (31.6%)

31 (12.5%)

< 0.001

Distant metastasis

18 (6.8%)

12 (4.8%)

0.261

  1. LNM: lymph node metastases.