IL-17A increases MHC class I expression and promotes T cell activation in papillary thyroid cancer patients with coexistent Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of all patients in this study (n = 138)

Clinicopathologic parameters	PTC	PTC + HT	p-value
Clinicopathologic parameters	N	N	p-value
Gender			0.000***
Male	26	2
Female	63	47
Age (years)
Mean	42.3 ± 12.3	39.9 ± 12.5	0.272
< 55	73	43	0.379
≥ 55	16	6
Tumor size (cm)
Mean	1.2 ± 0.7	1.3 ± 0.9	0.330
≤ 1	52	22	0.127
> 1	37	27
Multifocal lesions			0.040*
Positive	23	21
Negative	66	28
Extrathyroidal invasion			0.339
Positive	8	7
Negative	81	42
Lymph node metastasis			0.625
Positive	47	28
Negative	42	21
TNM stage 8th			0.254
I, II	88	47
III, IV	1	2

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