TABLE 1.

Correlation between miR-542-3p expression level and clinicopathological characteristics in 59 patients with astrocytoma

Spearman analysis demonstrated significant correlation between miR-542-3p expression level and histopathologic grade. No significant correlation was found between miR-542-3p expression level and gender or age of patients.

Factors	Low level miR-542-3p expression (n = 30)	High level miR-542-3p expression (n = 29)	p value
Gender
Male	23	20	0.514
Female	7	9
Age (median)
≤41	12	18	0.093
>41	18	11
Histopathologic grade
Low grade (I + II)	7	14	0.034
High grade (III + IV)	23	15