Table1.

The correlation between miR-21-5p expression levels and the clinicopathological features of GC patients

Characteristics	Number	miR-21-5p expression		P-value
		High group	Low group
Age (years)
<60	17	11	6	0.163
≥60	32	14	18
Gender
Male	37	20	17	0.456
Female	12	5	7
Size (cm)
<3	19	7	12	0.114
≥3	30	18	12
Histology grade
Well + moderate	15	5	10	0.100
Poor + undifferentiated	34	20	14
T grade
T1 + T2	24	8	16	0.015*
T3 + T4	25	17	8
N grade
Present (N1 + N3)	27	18	9	0.015*
Absent (N0)	22	7	15
TNM stage
I + II	32	13	19	046*
III + IV	17	12	5

^*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001