Clinical feature	Statistical test	Significant genes	Associated with	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;	Associated with	
Time to Death	Cox regression test	N=1	shorter survival	N=0	longer survival	N=1
AGE	Spearman correlation test	N=16	older	N=9	younger	N=7
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE	ANOVA test	N=5	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=2	higher stage	N=1	lower stage	N=1
PATHOLOGY N STAGE	t test	N=16	class1	N=12	class0	N=4
PATHOLOGY M STAGE	ANOVA test	N=1	 	 	 	 
GENDER	t test	N=0	 	 	 	 
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	ANOVA test	N=27	 	 	 	 
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	t test	N=6	yes	N=5	no	N=1
RADIATIONEXPOSURE	t test	N=0	 	 	 	 
EXTRATHYROIDAL EXTENSION	ANOVA test	N=6	 	 	 	 
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	ANOVA test	N=1	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=7	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=6	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=1
MULTIFOCALITY	t test	N=0	 	 	 	 
TUMOR SIZE	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
