Table 1.

Expression of miR-1254 and Smurf1 in human gastric cancer according to patients’ clinicopathological characteristics

Characteristics	Number	miR-1254 expression		p-value	Smurf1 expression		p-value
		High group	Low group		High group	Low group
Age (years)
<60	29	13	16	0.595	14	15	0.507
≥60	61	31	30		34	27
Gender
Male	42	23	19	0.297	23	19	0.799
Female	48	21	27		25	23
Size (cm)
<3	40	26	14	0.006*	15	25	0.007*
≥3	50	18	32		33	17
Histological type
Well-moderately	35	23	12	0.011*	13	22	0.014*
Poorly signet	55	21	34		35	20
Stage
I/II	41	23	18	0.211	18	23	0.101
III/IV	49	21	28		30	19
T grade
T1+T2	34	20	14	0.142	16	18	0.353
T3+T4	56	24	32		32	24
Lymph node metastasis
Absent (N0)	37	25	12	0.003*	14	23	0.014*
Present (N1–N3)	53	19	34		34	19

Clinicopathological results were compared using Pearson χ² tests

*p < 0.05 statistically significant difference