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

Table 4 Relationship between CCND2 and clinicopathological parameters of thyroid cancer patients

Parameters		n	CCND2	t value	P value
Lymph node metastasis	Yes	33	2.98 ± 0.95	3.545	0.001
Lymph node metastasis	No	32	2.17 ± 0.89	3.545	0.001
TNM staging	Stage I	35	3.01 ± 0.95	3.677	0.000
TNM staging	Stages II–III	30	2.07 ± 0.91	3.677	0.000
Tumor size	≤ 4 cm	37	2.58 ± 0.93	0.390	0.698
Tumor size	> 4 cm	28	2.49 ± 0.91	0.390	0.698

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