Table I.

miR-218 expression in APL marrow tissues from patients with APL (n=40), compared according to different clinicopathological characteristics.

Clinicopathological characteristic	Classification	Relative miR-218 level	t	P-value
Sex	Male	2.379±0.201	0.791	0.533
	Female	2.181±0.192
Age, years	<60	2.403±0.191	0.905	0.341
	≥60	2.191±0.207
WBC	<10×109	3.283±0.111	3.017	0.004a
	≥10×109	1.105±0.097
HGB, g/l	<80	1.091±0.241	2.826	0.007a
	≥80	2.973±0.182
PLT	<50×109	1.313±0.132	3.341	0.002a
	≥50×109	2.589±0.107
Promyelocytes in BM, %	<50	2.813±0.121	2.382	0.027a
	≥50	1.321±0.237

^aP<0.05. t, student t-test; WBC, white blood cell; HGB, hemoglobin; BM, bone marrow; miR, microRNA; PLT, platelet count.