Table I.
Correlation between clinicopathological parameters and miR-888 expression in patients with colorectal cancer.
| miR-888 expression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | No. (%) | High n=93 (%) | Low n=33 (%) | Pa |
| Age | 0.453 | |||
| <60 | 60 (47.6) | 44 (47.3) | 16 (48.5) | |
| ≥60 | 66 (52.4) | 49 (52.7) | 17 (51.5) | |
| Sex | 0.251 | |||
| Male | 71 (56.3) | 53 (57.0) | 18 (54.5) | |
| Female | 55 (43.7) | 40 (43.0) | 15 (45.5) | |
| Tumor location | 0.235 | |||
| Left | 79 (62.7) | 59 (63.4) | 20 (60.6) | |
| Transverse | 13 (10.3) | 9 (9.7) | 4 (12.1) | |
| Right | 34 (27.0) | 25 (26.9) | 9 (27.3) | |
| pT status | 0.009a | |||
| T1/T2 | 28 (22.2) | 14 (15.1) | 14 (42.4) | |
| T3/T4 | 98 (77.8) | 79 (84.9) | 19 (57.6) | |
| pN status | 0.031a | |||
| Absent | 72 (57.1) | 48 (51.6) | 24 (72.7) | |
| Present | 54 (42.9) | 45 (48.4) | 9 (27.3) | |
| pMstatus | 0.018a | |||
| Absent | 116 (92.1) | 84 (90.3) | 32 (97.0) | |
| Present | 10 (7.9) | 9 (9.7) | 1 (3.0) | |
| AJCC stage | 0.042a | |||
| I/II | 71 (56.3) | 48 (51.6) | 23 (69.7) | |
| III/IV | 55 (43.7) | 45 (48.4) | 10 (30.3) | |
| Differentiation | 0.005a | |||
| Well | 27 (21.4) | 13 (14.0) | 14 (42.4) | |
| Moderate | 78 (61.9) | 60 (64.5) | 18 (54.5) | |
| Poor | 21 (16.7) | 20 (21.5) | 1 (3.0) | |
a
Statistically significant.