Exploration of risk factors for the occurrence and recurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma with Hashimoto's thyroiditis based on next-generation sequencing

Table 2 Comparison of basic information between RET rearrangement-positive and negative groups in the HT group

Characteristics	RET Rearrangement		t/Z（X²）	P-value
Characteristics	Positive (n = 7)	Negative (n = 37)	t/Z（X²）	P-value
Age	34 (25,50)	41 (32,49)	-0.627	0.531
Sex			(<0.001)	1.000
Male	2 (28.57%)	11 (29.73%)
Female	5 (71.43%)	26 (70.27%)
ETE				0.159
Yes	1 (14.29%)	0 (0.00%)
No	6 (85.71%)	37 (100.00%)
Tumor Diameter (cm)	1 (0.6,3)	0.9 (0.5,1.2)	-0.903	0.377
Multifocality			(<0.001)	1.000
No	4 (57.14%)	22 (59.46%)
Yes	3 (42.86%)	15 (40.54%)
LNM				<0.001
No	0 (0.00%)	28 (75.68%)
Yes	7 (100.00%)	9 (24.32%)
LLNM			(5.750)	0.016
No	5 (71.43%)	30 (81.08%)
Yes	2 (28.57%)	7 (18.92%)
Recurrence				0.022
Yes	2 (28.57%)	0 (0.00%)
No	5 (71.43%)	37 (100.00%)

ETE Extrathyroidal extension, LNM Lymph node metastasis, LLNM Lateral neck lymph node metastasis

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