Table III.
Parameter | Total (n) | miR-21-5p
|
P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Low expression (n) | High expression (n) | |||
Age at diagnosis (years) | 0.234 | |||
<60 | 20 | 12 | 8 | |
≥60 | 26 | 11 | 15 | |
Sex | 0.375 | |||
Male | 25 | 14 | 11 | |
Female | 21 | 9 | 12 | |
Differentiation | 0.017a | |||
Well | 16 | 9 | 7 | |
Moderate | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
Poor | 14 | 2 | 12 | |
Metastasis | 0.013a | |||
Yes | 22 | 4 | 18 | |
No | 24 | 14 | 10 | |
Tumor-nodes-metastasis stage | 0.047a | |||
I+II | 30 | 20 | 10 | |
III+IV | 16 | 5 | 11 |
Determined by a two-sided Fisher's exact test. miR, microRNA.