Table I.

Association between miR-138 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.

Variable	Number	Low miR-138	High miR-138	P-value
Age (years)				0.457
<55	24	14	10
≥55	41	20	21
Sex				0.478
Male	39	19	20
Female	26	15	11
Differentiation				0.018
Well/moderate	43	18	25
Poor	22	16	6
Lymph node metastasis				0.039
No	42	18	24
Yes	23	16	7
Distant metastasis				0.099
No	56	27	29
Yes	9	7	2
Clinical stage				0.017
I/II	34	13	21
III/IV	31	21	10

miR, microRNA.