Table 1.

Correlation of miR-125a-5p and p38 expression in tissues with patients’ clinicopathological variables in 106 cases of SACC

Clinical variables	miR-125a-5p expression			P38 expression
	High (n=39)	Low (n=67)	P value	High (n=63)	Low (n=43)	P value
Gender	0.842			0.807
Male	20	37		35	22
Female	19	30		28	21
Age	0.639			0.698
≥50	23	35		33	25
<50	16	32		30	18
Tumor stage	0.458			0.086
T1+T2	28	42		37	33
T3+T4	11	25		26	10
TNM stage	0.173			0.112
I+II	27	36		33	30
III+IV	12	31		30	13
Lymph node metastasis	0.039			0.02
N0	37	52		48	41
N1	2	15		15	2
Distant metastasis	0.032			0.033
M0	26	31		28	29
M1	13	36		35	14
Survival status	0.0066			0.0005
Survival	26	25		21	30
Death	13	42		42	13