Table 1.

Association between clinicopathological features and miR-125a-5p expression. *p < 0.05 indicates a significant association among the variables.

		miR-125a-5p expression in tumour
	n	high (n = 292, %)	low (n = 92, %)	p-value
age, years			0.393
<65	170	34.0	45.0
≥65	214	66.0	55.0
gender				0.521
male	180	48.4	39.1
female	204	51.6	60.9
T stage				0.008*
T1	6	3.2	3.0
T2	21	16.1	5.7
T3	172	46.9	29.1
T4	185	33.8	62.2
N stage				0.005*
N0	94	67.7	40.7
N1	158	25.7	34.7
N2	132	6.6	24.6
M stage				0.001*
M0	268	96.8	81.3
M1	116	3.2	18.7
AJCC stage				0.008*
I	72	17.7	7.2
II	119	46.8	31.9
III	125	32.2	42.0
IV	68	3.3	18.9
differentiation				0.002*
high	88	66.0	32.0
moderate	168	27.4	41.0
low	128	6.6	27.0
vascular invasion				0.002*
yes	273	96.8	91.4
no	111	3.2	8.6