Table II.

Association between pathological parameters and miR-34a expression level.

Pathology parameters	Cases (n)	Relative expression of miR-34a in gastric cancer cells	P-value
Tumor size			0.643
≥5 cm	11	0.67±0.77
<5 cm	27	0.56±0.61
Degree of differentiation			0.004a
High, middle differentiation	15	1.05±0.84
Low differentiation	23	0.29±0.14
Infiltration degree			0.804
T1, T2	13	0.55±0.58
T3, T4	25	0.61±0.69
Lymphatic metastasis			0.007a
N0, N1	16	0.98±0.85
N2, N3	22	0.31±0.18

Expression of miR-34a was determined by 2^−ΔΔCq relative quantification following RT-qPCR. Statistical analysis was performed using Student's t-test.

^aP<0.01. miR-34a, microRNA-34a.