Table 3. MiR-125a and MMP11 expression correlated with clinical features of patients.

		MiR-125a		P value	MMP11		P value
Parameter	Group	Low	High		–	+
Age	<56	20	20	1.00	18	22	0.36
	>56	20	20		14	26
Gender	Male	28	28	0.64	18	36	0.08
	Female	12	14		14	12
HBV	−	5	9	0.24	9	5	0.05
	+	35	31		23	43
Metastasis	Without	17	32	0.001	26	23	0.003
	With	23	8		6	25
AFP	Low	19	21	0.37	18	22	0.36
	High	21	19		14	26
T stage	I+II	10	27	<0.001	19	18	0.06
	III+IV	30	13		13	30

The associations of miR-125a and MMP11 with clinical features were detected by Kruskal-Wallis H or Mann–Whitney U test. *P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.