Table 1. Correlations of miR-223-3p and SLC4A4 levels in tissues and clinicopathological parameters of ccRCC patients.

Correlation of miR-223-3p and SLC4A4 expression with clinicopathological parameters.

	miR-223-3p expression			SLC4A4 mRNA expression
Parameter	Low (n=250)	High (n=250)	P value	Low (n=250)	High (n=250)	P value
Age(years)			0.283			0.795
<=60	132	119		130	121
>60	118	131		120	129
Sex			0.259			0.090
Male	170	157		173	154
female	80	93		77	96
T stage			0.041			0.354
T1+T2	169	146		152	163
T3+T4	81	104		98	87
N stage			0.417			0.173
N0+ NX	245	241		240	246
N1	5	9		10	4
M stage			0.013			0.137
M0+ MX	222	201		205	218
M1	28	49		45	32
Grade			0.002			0.472
G1+G2	131	96		109	118
G3+G4	119	154		141	132
TNM stage			0.018			0.202
I+II	162	135		141	156
III+IV	88	115		109	94