Table 1.
Relative miR-543 expression and the clinical characteristics of 38 patients with RCC
| MiR-543 expression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Group | High | Low | Total | P value |
| Gender | Male | 12 | 9 | 21 | 0.327 |
| Female | 7 | 10 | 17 | ||
| Age | <65 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 0.846 |
| ≥65 | 8 | 7 | 15 | ||
| Histological grade | Low or undiffer | 17 | 7 | 24 | 0.034 |
| Middle or high | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Tumor size | <5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 0.361 |
| >5 | 10 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Clinical stage | T1-T2 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0.121 |
| T3-T4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Lymph nodes metastasis | Absence | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.014 |
| Presence | 16 | 6 | 22 | ||
| Distant metastasis | Absence | 8 | 21 | 29 | 0.007 |
| Presence | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||