CCND2 and miR-206 as potential biomarkers in the clinical diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma by fine-needle aspiration cytology

Table 3 Relationship between miR-206 and clinicopathological parameters of thyroid cancer patients

Parameters		n	miR-206	t value	P value
Lymph node metastasis	Yes	33	1.16 ± 0.87	1.913	0.046
Lymph node metastasis	No	32	1.59 ± 0.96	1.913	0.046
TNM staging	Stage I	35	1.66 ± 0.93	2.424	0.018
TNM staging	Stages II–III	30	1.11 ± 0.89	2.424	0.018
Tumor size	≤ 4 cm	37	1.31 ± 0.91	0.433	0.667
Tumor size	> 4 cm	28	1.41 ± 0.94	0.433	0.667

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