Table I.
Association between miR-598 expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of non-small cell lung cancer.
| miR-598 expression level | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinicopathological characteristics | Low | High | P-value |
| Sex | 0.780 | ||
| Male | 15 | 14 | |
| Female | 11 | 12 | |
| Age (years) | 0.188 | ||
| <55 | 8 | 4 | |
| ≥55 | 18 | 22 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | 0.402 | ||
| <5 | 16 | 13 | |
| ≥5 | 10 | 13 | |
| Tumor differentiation | 0.578 | ||
| I–II | 11 | 13 | |
| III–IV | 15 | 13 | |
| TNM stage | 0.002 | ||
| I–II | 6 | 17 | |
| III–IV | 20 | 9 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | 0.025 | ||
| Absence | 7 | 15 | |
| Presence | 19 | 11 | |
TNM, tumor, node, metastasis; miR, microRNA.