Table I.

Correlation between the clinicopathological characteristics and miR-153 expression in PDAC.

Characteristics	Total no. of patients, n=80	miR-153 expression		P-value
		Low	High
Age (years)				0.348
≤60	28	16	12
>60	52	24	28
Gender				0.813
Male	27	14	13
Female	53	26	27
Tumor margin				0.179
Negative	38	16	22
Positive	42	24	18
Lymph node metastasis				0.014a
Absent	43	16	27
Present	37	24	13
Tumor size (cm)				0.446
≤2	21	9	12
>2	59	31	28
Neural invasion				0.496
Negative	33	15	18
Positive	47	25	22
Tumor recurrence				0.004a
None	39	13	26
Local and regional metastasis	41	27	14
Tumor differentiation				0.024a
Wel/moderate	34	12	22
Poor	46	28	18
Tumor stage				0.001a
I+II	39	12	27
III+IV	41	28	13

^aStatistically significant. PDAC, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.