Table 1. Relationship between miR-590-5p expression and clinicopathologic features of CRC patients (n=60).

Variable	Relative miR-590-5p expression		P-value
	Low (n=30)	High (n=30)
Gender			NS
Women	12	14
man	18	16
Age			NS
<60	13	15
≥60	17	15
Primary tumor sites			NS
Ascending colon	4	7
Transverse colon	2	1
Descending colon	4	3
Sigmoid colon	8	9
Rectum	12	10
Histological differentiation			NS
Well	8	6
Moderate	17	18
Poor	5	6
Tumor size			<0.01
<5 cm	3	25
≥5 cm	27	5
Lymph node metastasis			<0.01
Yes	26	9
No	4	21
Distant metastasis			NS
Yes	10	5
No	20	25
Tumor stage			<0.01
I–II	4	19
III–IV	26	11

Note: CRC patients were divided into miR-590-5p ‘High' group (relative fold change of ‘low' group) and ‘Low' group according to the staining by in situ hybridization. NS, not significant between any groups. Differences among variables were assessed by χ² or Fisher's exact χ²-test