Table 1. Relationship between miR-196a-3p expression and clinicalpathologic variables of breast cancer patients.

Parameters	Number of cases	miR-196a-3p expression		P value
		Low (52)	High (60)
Age(years)
<50	49	18	31	0.07
≥50	63	34	29
Tumor size(cm)
<2	63	25	38	0.105
≥2	49	27	22
TNM stage
I+II	70	24	46	0.001*
III	42	28	14
Differentiation grade
G1+G2	84	34	50	0.029*
G3	28	18	10
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	56	33	23	0.008*
No	56	19	37
ER status
Negative	58	32	26	0.054
Positive	54	20	34
PR status
Negative	57	30	27	0.18
Positive	55	22	33
HER2 status
Negative	57	31	26	0.086
Positive	55	21	34

* P < 0.05 was considered significant.