Table 1.

The correlation analysis of the expression of NBAT1 and miR-21-5p with the clinicopathological factors of 76 BC patients

Pathological factors		Case	Relative NBAT1 expression	P-value	Relative miR-21-5p expression	P-value
Age (years)	< 56	38	0.504 ± 0.168	0.647	3.689 ± 0.817	0.497
	≥ 56	38	0.486 ± 0.172		3.811 ± 0.738
Gender	Male	50	0.484 ± 0.157	0.408	3.822 ± 1.032	0.387
	Female	26	0.516 ± 0.163		3.613 ± 0.913
Smoking history (more than 10 years)	No	48	0.526 ± 0.174	0.043*	3.613 ± 0.924	0.089
	Yes	28	0.442 ± 0.166		3.986 ± 0.885
Grade	Low grade	36	0.548 ± 0.177	0.013	3.542 ± 0.735	0.033*
	High grade	40	0.447 ± 0.169		3.937 ± 0.842
Muscle invasion	Negative	41	0.552 ± 0.172	0.002**	3.320 ± 0.823	< 0.001**
	Positive	35	0.429 ± 0.165		4.257 ± 0.764
Lymph node metastasis	Negative	71	0.508 ± 0.186	0.027*	3.670 ± 1.035	0.011*
	Positive	5	0.316 ± 0.132		4.890 ± 0.371

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01