Table 1.

Association between miR-149 expression and clinical characteristics

Clinical characteristics	N	miR-149 expression
		Low	High
Sex
Male	88	57	31
Female	75	46	29
Age (years)
≤60	106	68	38
>60	57	35	22
Tumor location
Parenchyma	104	68	36
Ventricle	59	39	20
Tumor size
≤3 cm	84	52	32
>3 cm	79	51	28
WHO grade*
I+II	80	36	44
III+IV	83	67	16
Karnofsky score*
≤80	94	88	6
>80	69	15	54
Resection range
Total resection	93	55	38
Local resection	70	48	22
Adjuvant therapy
Chemotherapy only	100	63	37
Radiotherapy and chemotherapy	63	40	23
Recurrence time*
≤3 months	97	68	29
>3 months	66	33	33
Survival duration*
<15 months	81	71	10
≥15 months	82	32	50

^*P<0.05, performed by χ² test.