Table 1. Correlations between miR-132 and Bmi-1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in cervical carcinoma patients.
Clinicopathological characteristic | miRNA-132 | Bmi-1* | χ2 / *χ2 | p / *p | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | High | Low | High | |||
Age (years) | ||||||
< 45 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 0.936/*2.270 | 0.333/*0.132 |
≥ 45 | 37 | 31 | 31 | 37 | ||
Tumor maximum diameter (cm) | ||||||
< 4 | 26 | 40 | 42 | 24 | 9.672/*11.610 | 0.002/*0.001 |
≥ 4 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 27 | ||
FIGO stage | ||||||
Ib ∼ IIa | 24 | 40 | 40 | 24 | 12.070/*8.865 | 0.001/*0.003 |
IIb ∼ IIIa | 29 | 11 | 13 | 27 | ||
Differentiation | ||||||
Highly-differentiated | 27 | 41 | 42 | 26 | 9.959/*9.174 | 0.002/*0.003 |
Poorly- and moderately-differentiated | 26 | 10 | 11 | 25 | ||
Lymph node metastasis | ||||||
Yes | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 0.121/*0.005 | 0.728/*0.946 |
No | 36 | 33 | 35 | 34 | ||
SCC-Ag(ng / ml) | ||||||
< 1.5 | 27 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 2.650/*0.001 | 0.104/*0.973 |
≥ 1.5 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 21 |
Note: miR-132, microRNA-132; FIGO, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics; SCC-Ag, squamous cell carcinoma antigen.