Table 2.
Association between miR-140-5p expression and clinicopathological characteristics of 95 WT patients
| Characteristics | Total number of patients | miR-140-5p expression
|
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (n=66) | High (n=29) | |||
|
| ||||
| Age (years) | 0.461 | |||
| ≤3 | 48 | 35 | 13 | |
| >3 | 47 | 31 | 16 | |
| Gender | 0.145 | |||
| Male | 45 | 28 | 17 | |
| Female | 50 | 38 | 12 | |
| Tumor diameter | 0.002 | |||
| ≤5 cm | 40 | 21 | 19 | |
| >5 cm | 55 | 45 | 10 | |
| Tumor location | 0.072 | |||
| Renal superior | 32 | 23 | 9 | |
| Renal intermediate | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
| Lower renal pole | 35 | 28 | 7 | |
| Pathological stage | 0.003 | |||
| I+II | 47 | 26 | 21 | |
| III+IV | 48 | 40 | 8 | |
| Lymph node | 0.009 | |||
| metastasis | ||||
| Negative | 40 | 22 | 18 | |
| Positive | 45 | 44 | 11 | |
Abbreviation: WT, Wilms’ tumor.