Table 6.

Association between miRNAs and genes with later tumor stage

miRNA/gene	III/IV stage	I/II stage	P-value
miR-146b	4.49 (4.08–4.68)	4.31 (3.58–4.61)	0.001
miR-222	2.70 (2.52–2.85)	2.64 (2.38–2.83)	0.012
miR-34a	2.69 (2.50–2.84)	2.61 (2.45–2.76)	0.004
miR-424	2.53 (2.28–2.77)	2.63 (2.38–2.84)	0.014
miR-138-1	1.27 (1.13–1.57)	1.38 (1.18–1.64)	0.045
miR-20b	0.82 (0.56–1.9)	0.95 (0.67–1.16)	0.01
AXIN2	2.38 (2.20–2.61)	2.49 (2.30–2.67)	0.005
TRAF6	2.14 (2.05–2.20)	2.18 (2.11–2.26)	0.000
BCL2	2.94 (2.75–3.11)	3.06 (2.89–3.30)	0.000
RARB	2.09 (1.92–2.32)	2.18 (1.97–2.39)	0.004
HSP90B1	4.40 (4.30–4.55)	4.52 (4.38–4.66)	0.000
PDGFRA	2.22 (1.77–2.56)	1.96 (1.55–2.39)	0.002
RUNX1	3.14 (2.88–2.28)	2.99 (2.67–3.20)	0.000
MET	4.06 (3.86–4.21)	3.97 (3.54–4.17)	0.001

Abbreviation: miRNAs, microRNAs.