Table 1.

The parameters correlating the expression of miR-588 and associated clinicopathologic features observed in GC patients (N=67)

Clinical parameters	Number of cases	Level of expression		P-value
		High miR-588 (31)	Low miR-588 (36)
Gender  Male  Female	46 21	21 10	25 11	0.751
Age of patients (years)  <60  ≥60	24 43	11 20	14 22	0.625
Size of tumor (cm)  <5  ≥5	53 14	25 6	27 9	0.501
Type  Intestinal  Diffuse	54 13	19 12	30 6	0.312
TNM stage  I+II  III+IV	17 50	10 21	5 31	0.005*
Lymph node metastasis  Present  Absent	48 19	17 14	30 6	0.002*
Metastasis type  Distant metastasis  Nondistant metastasis	09 58	03 28	06 30	0.008*

Note:

^*P<0.05.

Abbreviation: GC, gastric cancer.