Table 1.

Clinicopathological features of the cases of NPC

Variables	Cases	miRNA-324-3p	WNT2B mRNA	WNT2B protein
Sex
Male	28	0.717 ± 0.463	1.028 ± 0.461	1.001 ± 0.369
Female	11	0.613 ± 0.245	1.052 ± 0.305	1.010 ± 0.320
Age
<45	19	0.731 ± 0.386	1.055 ± 0.372	1.008 ± 0.301
≥45	20	0.647 ± 0.443	1.016 ± 0.468	0.999 ± 0.402
T stage
T3 + T4	9	0.476 ± 0.296	1.306 ± 0.324	1.312 ± 0.340
T1 + T2	30	0.751 ± 0.426*	0.953 ± 0.414*	0.911 ± 0.303**
Clinic stage
III + IV	23	0.466 ± 0.283	1.237 ± 0.341	1.199 ± 0.304
I + II	16	1.006 ± 0.362**	0.743 ± 0.347**	0.722 ± 0.187**
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	28	0.539 ± 0.324	1.171 ± 0.316	1.099 ± 0.284
No	11	1.067 ± 0.381**	0.687 ± 0.461**	0.761 ± 0.403*

Data was shown as mean ± SD. miR-324-3p, WNT2B mRNA and protein were normalized with the internal control U6, GAPDH and β-Actin, respectively

* P < 0.05

** P < 0.01