Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the participants.

From: Metabolomic screening of radioiodine refractory thyroid cancer patients and the underlying chemical mechanism of iodine resistance

 

Non-RAIR group

RAIR group

P value

(n = 14)

(n = 20)

Sex

0.868

 Male

6

8

 

 Female

8

12

Age

0.726

 < 55 y

9

14

 

 ≥ 55 y

5

6

 

Number of tumors

0.999

 1

4

6

 

 ≥ 2

10

14

 

Capsule invasion

0.999

 Yes

13

18

 

 No

1

2

 

Extra-glandular invasion

0.999

 Yes

10

15

 

 No

4

5

 

Lymph-node metastasis

0.283

 Yes

11

19

 

 No

3

1

 

Number of lymph node metastasis

0.228

 < 5

5

3

 

 ≥ 5

9

17

 

TNM stage

0.458

 I–II stage

8

15

 

 III–IV stage

6

5

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