Table I.

The relationship between miR-1299 and colon cancer.

		miR-1299 expression
Parameters	No. of patients	Low	High	χ2	P-value
Sex				0.028	0.866
Male	29	20	9
Female	31	22	9
Age (years)				0.082	0.775
<40	25	18	7
≥40	35	24	11
Size (maximal diameter)				4.898	0.027a
<5	18	9	9
≥5	42	33	9
Family history				0.003	0.955
No	27	19	8
Yes	33	23	10
TNM grade				10.051	0.018a
I	13	11	2
II	9	7	2
III	29	15	14
IV	9	9	0

Through the Chi-square test we found little correlation between miR-1299 with the sex, age and family history in the tissues we detected; however, there was correlation between the miR-1299 and the tumor size and TNM stage of colon cancer.

^aSignificant difference.