Table I.

The correlations between miR-106a-3p or PTEN and colorectal cancer patients' characteristics (mean ± SD).

Factor	Case	miR-106a-3p	P-value	PTEN	P-value
Sex			0.32		0.30
Male	15	2.58±0.34		2.12±0.51
Female	25	2.45±0.39		1.96±0.42
Age (years)			0.18		0.58
<60	19	2.45±0.68		1.86±0.48
≥60	21	2.76±0.73		1.95±0.53
Tumor size (cm)			0.01		0.05
≥5	18	2.81±0.42		1.79±0.62
<5	22	2.21±0.67		2.22±0.68
Histological grade			0.02		0.01
Well-intermediately differentiation	18	2.65±0.54		1.82±0.52
Poor differentiation	22	2.26±0.46		2.25±0.38
Metastasis			0.01		0.02
No	23	2.28±0.63		2.19±0.51
Yes	17	2.76±0.48		1.81±0.47

miR, microRNA; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten; SD, standard deviation.