Table 2. Relationship between miR-125a-5p expression level and clinicopathologic parameters of breast cancer.

Variables	Number of cases N = 300	miR-125a-5p Low expression	High expression	r	p-Value
Stage				−0.104	0.071
I	121	58	63
II	133	70	63
III	46	30	16
Grade				−0.167	0.004
I	128	54	74
II	106	64	42
III	66	40	26
Lymph-node status				−0.166	0.004
Negative	177	81	96
Positive	123	77	46
Estrogen receptor status				−0.045	0.436
Negative	101	50	51
Positive	199	108	91
Progesterone receptor status				0.016	0.785
Negative	125	67	58
Positive	175	91	84
Her2/Neu status				0.108	0.061
Negative	202	114	88
Positive	98	44	54

Low expression: < or = Median, High expression: > Median, P: Two-sided χ2 test