Clinical feature	Statistical test	Significant miRs	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=5	shorter survival	N=3	longer survival	N=2
AGE	Spearman correlation test	N=4	older	N=2	younger	N=2
NEOPLASM DISEASESTAGE	ANOVA test	N=38	 	 	 	 
PATHOLOGY T STAGE	Spearman correlation test	N=15	higher stage	N=3	lower stage	N=12
PATHOLOGY N STAGE	t test	N=65	class1	N=32	class0	N=33
PATHOLOGY M STAGE	ANOVA test	N=3	 	 	 	 
GENDER	t test	N=2	male	N=0	female	N=2
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE	ANOVA test	N=170	 	 	 	 
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION	t test	N=11	yes	N=8	no	N=3
RADIATIONEXPOSURE	t test	N=0	 	 	 	 
EXTRATHYROIDAL EXTENSION	ANOVA test	N=71	 	 	 	 
COMPLETENESS OF RESECTION	ANOVA test	N=1	 	 	 	 
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES	Spearman correlation test	N=60	higher number.of.lymph.nodes	N=36	lower number.of.lymph.nodes	N=24
MULTIFOCALITY	t test	N=1	unifocal	N=0	multifocal	N=1
TUMOR SIZE	Spearman correlation test	N=3	higher tumor.size	N=1	lower tumor.size	N=2
