Table I.

Association of miR-433 expression with clinicopathological data and outcome of colorectal cancer patients (n=85).

		miR-433 expression
Parameters	n	High	Low	P-valuea
Sex, n				0.730
Male	47	19	28
Female	38	14	24
Age (years)				0.130
<65	37	11	26
≥65	48	22	26
UICC stage, n				<0.001
I	15	12	3
II	31	12	19
III	39	9	30
Lymph node metastasis, n				0.700
+	39	16	23
−	46	17	29
Tumor differentiation, n				0.730
Well	20	9	11
Medium	41	16	25
Poor	24	8	16
Tumor size, n (cm)				0.220
<5	45	20	25
≥5	40	13	27
Early relapse, n				<0.001
Yes	40	4	36
No	45	29	16

^aχ² test. miRNA, microRNA; UICC, Union for International Cancer Control.