Table 1.

Association of miR-143-3p expression with the clinicopathological features of the GBC patients

Variable	Category	Relative miR-143-3p expression		χ2	P
		Low (n = 25)	High (n = 24)
Age	<60	11	8	0.587	0.561
	≥60	14	16
Gender	Male	9	10	0.684	0.773
	Female	16	14
Tumour size (cm)	<3	4	12	6.437	0.016*
	≥3	21	12
Histological differentiation	Well	3	6	1.380	0.289
	Moderate or poor	22	18
Tumour invasion (AJCC)	Tis-T 2	8	16	5.889	0.023*
	T 3 -T 4	17	8
Lymph node metastasis (AJCC)	Present	9	11	0.490	0.567
	Absent	16	13

Bold values indicate statistical significance, P < 0.05