Table 3.

Correlation of the clinicopathological parameters with Dicer, Drosha, AGO2, and DGCR8 mRNA expression levels in white American patients of the TCGA.

	Dicer		P	Drosha		P	DGCR8		P	AGO2		P
	Low	High		Low	High		Low	High		Low	High
Age			0.921a			0.641a			0.877a			0.507a
<40	9	7		10	6		8	8		11	5
41–50	5	3		3	5		3	5		4	4
>50	4	3		4	3		4	3		4	3
Histologic Stage			0.901a			0.743a			0.595a			0.434a
(i)	13	8		12	9		10	11		14	7
(ii)	2	3		2	3		2	3		2	3
(iii)	2	2		3	1		2	2		3	1
(iv)	1	0		0	1		1	0		0	1
T stage			0.689a			0.444a			0.489a			0.187a
(1)	5	2		4	3		3	4		3	4
(2)	7	6		8	5		6	7		7	6
(3)	5	5		5	5		5	5		9	1
(4)	1	0		0	1		1	0		0	1
N stage			1.000b			0.269b			0.143b			0.264c
(+)	9	6		7	8		9	6		11	4
(−)	9	6		10	5		5	10		7	8
M stage			1.000c			0.433c			1.000c			0.414c
(+)	1	0		0	1		1	0		0	1
(−)	16	12		17	12		14	14		17	11
Multifocality			0.621c			0.607c			1.000c			0.605c
(+)	3	1		3	1		2	2		3	1
(−)	15	12		14	13		13	14		16	16

^aLinear by linear association.

^bChi-squared test.

^cFisher's Exact test.