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	
AGE	Spearman correlation test	N=13	older	N=6	younger	N=7
GENDER	t test	N=0	 	 	 	 
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	ANOVA test	N=82	 	 	 	 
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	t test	N=8	yes	N=6	no	N=2
RADIATIONEXPOSURE	t test	N=1	yes	N=0	no	N=1
DISTANT METASTASIS	ANOVA test	N=1	 	 	 	 
EXTRATHYROIDAL EXTENSION	ANOVA test	N=0	 	 	 	 
LYMPH NODE METASTASIS	ANOVA test	N=6	 	 	 	 
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	ANOVA test	N=0	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=7	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=6	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=1
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE	ANOVA test	N=2	 	 	 	 
MULTIFOCALITY	t test	N=0	 	 	 	 
TUMOR SIZE	Spearman correlation test	N=0	 	 	 	 
