BRAF mutations in thyroid tumors from an ethnically diverse group

Table 3 Significant associations of demographic/clinocopathological data and BRAF mutations in thyroid malignancies

Factors¹	Histology	P value	Test²
Age ≥ 45 years vs. tumor size ≥ 4 cm [87]	PTC	0.018	FET
Age ≥ 45 years vs. vessel invasion [113]	PTC	0.004	FET
Age ≥ 45 years vs. distant metastasis [115]	PTC	0.001	FET
LN + vs. tumor size ≥ 4 cm [43]	PTC	0.044	FET
LN + vs. vessel invasion [59]	PTC	0.013	FET
Increasing age vs. BRAF^mut [115]	PTC	0.025	MWU
Family history vs. capsular invasion [64]	TC	0.025	FET

¹Number of cases included in analysis in brackets; ²FET, Fisher´s exact test; MWU, Mann–Whitney U test.

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