Table 2.

Relationship between miR-21 Expression and Clinicopathological Features of Colorectal Cancer Patients

Clinicopathological parameters	Number of Cases (%)	RQ (Mean±SE)	p-value
Patients (n)	30 (100 %)
Age group
≤50 years	14 (47%)	6.69± 1.04	0.002*
>50 years	16 (53%)	2.90± 0.46
Sex
Male	19 (63%)	5.76± 0.94	0.255
Female	11 (37%)	4.14± 0.82
Tumor Location
Proximal	16 (53%)	6.83± 0.99	0.015*
Distal	14 (47%)	3.61± 0.77
TNM stage			0.286
I + II	21 (70%)	5.77± 0.94
III	9 (30%)	4.12± 0.68
Lymph node metastasis			0.286
Yes	9 (30%)	4.12± 0.68
No	21 (70%)	5.77 ± 0.94
Histopathological Type			0.549
Adenocarcinoma	22 (73%)	5.61± 0.95
Other Types	8 (27%)	4.60 ± 0.83	0.86
Histopathological grade	28 (93%)	5.16± 0.74
Good + Moderate	2 (7%)	5.67± 0.61
Poor