Table 1. The correlations of miR-149 with clinicopathological features of HCC.

Clinicopathologic Variable	n	miR-149		P
		Low expression	High expression
Agent
Female	8	5	3	0.441
Male	87	42	45
Age(year)
≤ 60	83	40	43	0.511
> 60	12	7	5
AFP
< 20 ng/ml	28	10	18	0.083
≥ 20 ng/ml	67	37	30
HBsAg
Negative	6	4	2	0.384
Positive	89	43	46
Liver cirrhosis
Absence	64	33	31	0.558
presence	31	14	17
Tumor size(cm)
≤ 5	38	16	22	0.241
> 5	57	31	26
Tumor nodule number
Solitary	74	36	38	0.763
Multiple(≥2)	21	11	10
TNM Stage
I/II	42	15	27	0.017
III/IV	53	32	21
Histological grade
Well and moderately	82	42	40	0.393
Poorly	13	5	8
Distant metastasis
Absence	68	30	38	0.047
presence	27	18	9