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Table 1 Papillary thyroid carcinoma patients’ clinicopathological characteristics and laboratory data

From: T cell exhaustion is associated with the risk of papillary thyroid carcinoma and can be a predictive and sensitive biomarker for diagnosis

  PTC NG HP P P1 P2 P3
n 132 48 63     
Age [year] 49[22 ~ 80] 52[29 ~ 71] 47[26 ~ 74] 0.06    
Gender     0.16    
Male 25 6 17     
Female 107 42 46     
T    
T1 + T2 130       
T3 + T4 2       
N     
N0 83       
N1a + N1b 49       
M     
M0 131       
M1 1       
Clinical stage    
I 122       
II 10       
Laboratory data
T3[nmol/L] 1.18 [1.06,1.28] 1.23[1.12,1.31] 1.21 [1.12,1.31] 0.23    
T4[nmol/L] 8.20 [7.20,9.10] 8.40 [7.15,9.00] 8.00 [7.00,8.50] 0.22    
FT3[pmol/L] 3.36 ± 0.41 3.39 ± 0.35 3.22 ± 0.36 0.04* 0.03* 0.03* 0.61
FT4[pmol/L] 1.32 ± 0.19 1.34 ± 0.17 1.32 ± 0.15 0.69 0.92 0.44 0.43
TSH [μIU/mL] 1.55 [1.07,2.09] 1.64[0.99,2.80] 1.81[1.15,2.56] 0.24    
TGAb [IU/mL] 23.5[15.0,74.5] 21.0 [15.0,29.8] 16.0[15.0,28.0] 0.00* 0.00* 0.36 0.36
TPO [IU/mL] 34.0[28.0,61.0] 28.0[28.0,38.7] 38.0[28.0,55.0] 0.08    
CD3+ PD-1+ (%) 11.5 ± 4.7 5.9 ± 2.1 8.6 ± 4.5 0.00* 0.00* 0.00* 0.00*
CD3+CD4+PD-1+ (%) 7.9 ± 3.2 4.3 ± 1.8 6.43 ± 2.7 0.00* 0.00* 0.00* 0.00*
CD3+CD8+PD-1+ (%) 5.1 [2.3,6.0] 2.8 [1.7,3.3] 4.7[2.7,5.8] 0.00* 0.75 0.00* 0.00*
  1. Data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD), median [interquartile range]. The continuous variables were compared by using the Student’s t-test and the Mann-Whitney U test, the categorical variables were compared by using the χ2 or Fisher’s exact test between discovery and validation groups. P:statistical difference within each group, P1: PTC and HP, P2: TN and HP, P3: PTC and TN
  2. * represents significant differences (p < 0.05)