Table 1.

 

Parameters	Cases	P-value
		Dicer-mRNA	PKC-α-mRNA
Overall	39
Gender
M	31	0.551	0.41
F	8
Age at surgery
>55	30	0.488	0.515
≤55	9
Muscle invasive
Invasive	6	0.001***	0.001***
Non-invasive	33
Grade
Normal	6	HGPUC compared Normal: <0.01**	HGPUC compared Normal: <0.01**
LGPUC	26	LGPUC compared Normal: 0.54	LGPUC compared Normal: 0.59
HGPUC	13	HGPUC compared LGPUC: <0.01**	HGPUC compared LGPUC: <0.01**
Metastasis
Absent	39
Present	0
Lymphatic permeation
Absent	39
Present	0

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.01

^***P < 0.001.