Table 1. Expression of miRNA-424-5p expression and Smad3 in human gastric cancer according to patients' clinicopathological characteristics.

Characteristics	Number (%)	miR-424-5p expression		P-value	Smad3 expression		P-value
		High group	Low group		High group	Low group
Age(years)
<60	18	7	11	0.380	10	8	0.425
≥60	45	23	22		20	25
Gender
Male	29	16	13	0.268	14	15	0.023
Female	34	14	20		16	18
Size(cm)
<3	30	9	21	0.008*	20	10	0.004*
≥3	33	21	12		10	23
Histology grade
Well-moderately	19	11	8	0.283	10	9	0.601
Poorly-signet	44	19	25		20	24
stage
I/II	22	9	13	0.435	8	14	0.190
III/IV	41	21	20		22	19
T grade
T1+T2	20	8	12	0.058	7	13	0.171
T3+T4	43	22	21		23	20
Lymph node metastasis
Present (N1-N3)	40	22	18	0.122	16	24	0.110
Absent(N0)	23	8	15		14	9

^*p<0.05 Statistically significant difference