Table 1.
The correlation between clinicopathological parameters and ciRS-7 expression
| ciRS-7 expression | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Low, n (%) | High, n (%) | ||
| Age | |||
| ≤50 | 15(65.2) | 8(34.8) | 0.165 |
| >50 | 47(47.0) | 53(53.0) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 49(49.5) | 50(50.5) | 0.821 |
| Female | 13(54.2) | 11(45.8) | |
| Alcohol consumption | |||
| Ever and current | 40(48.2) | 43(51.8) | 0.565 |
| Never | 22(55.0) | 18(45.0) | |
| Smoking status | |||
| Ever and current | 24(43.6) | 31(56.4) | 0.206 |
| Never | 38(55.9) | 30(44.1) | |
| Tumor size | |||
| <5 cm | 52(50.5) | 51(49.5) | 1.000 |
| ≥5 cm | 10(50.0) | 10(50.0) | |
| Differentiation status | |||
| Well or Moderate | 49(51.6) | 46(48.4) | 0.672 |
| Poor | 13(46.4) | 15(53.6) | |
| TNM stage | 0.048* | ||
| I–II | 37(59.7) | 25(40.3) | |
| III | 25(41.0) | 36(59.0) | |