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Table 5 Correlation between clinicopathological characteristic and BRAF V600E mutation in solitary PTC and multiple 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 patients

solitary PTC (188)

multiple PTC (75)

P value

Age (yr)

   

Less than 45

67 (35.6%)

30 (40%)

0.3

45 or older

121 (64.4%)

45 (60%)

 

Gender

   

Male

62 (33.0%)

17 (22.7%)

0.045

Female

126 (67.0%)

58 (77.3%)

 

Extrathyroidal invasion

   

Yes

66 (35.1%)

25 (33.3%)

0.451

No

122 (64.9%)

50 (66.7%)

 

Lymph node metastasis

   

Yes

104 (55.3%)

47 (62.7%)

0.171

No

84 (44.7%)

28 (37.3%)

 

Distant metastasis

   

Yes

13 (6.9%)

5 (6.7%)

0.591

No

175 (93.1%)

70 (93.3%)

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