Table 1 Clinical pathological parameters and BSG expression in TC data from TCGA database

Tissue

TC

505

3.8 ± 0.056

6.647

< 0.0001

Non-cancerous

59

3.76 ± 0.042

Gender

Female

369

3.7946 ± 0.05313

1.175

0.081

Male

136

3.8044 ± 0.06241

Age

≥ 60

120

3.8031 ± 0.05706

− 1.33

0.184

< 60

385

3.7954 ± 0.05546

Pathologic T

T1

143

3.7887 ± 0.05514

1.5

0.201

T2

166

3.7991 ± 0.05678

T3

171

3.8006 ± 0.05538

T4

23

3.8128 ± 0.04993

Tx

2

3.7882 ± 0.12413

T

T1–T2

309

3.7943 ± 0.05618

1.17

0.311

T3–T4

194

3.802 ± 0.05479

Tx

2

3.7882 ± 0.12413

Pathologic N

N0

230

3.8047 ± 0.06035

4.387

0.013

N1

225

3.7893 ± 0.04527

Nx

50

3.7985 ± 0.07198

Pathologic M

M0

283

3.794 ± 0.05303

1.922

0.147

M1

9

3.8248 ± 0.05971

Mx

213

3.8004 ± 0.05911

Stage

I

285

3.7925 ± 0.05688

4.011

0.008

II

52

3.8195 ± 0.06654

III

113

3.7948 ± 0.04918

IV

55

3.8057 ± 0.04748

Stage

I–II

337

3.7967 ± 0.05918

− 0.323

0.747

III–IV

168

3.7984 ± 0.04876

Subtype

Other, specify

9

3.8297 ± 0.06582

14.593

< 0.0001

Thyroid papillary carcinoma—classical/usual

358

3.7883 ± 0.04898

Thyroid papillary carcinoma—follicular

102

3.8266 ± 0.06996

Thyroid papillary carcinoma—tall cell

36

3.7948 ± 0.0421