Table II.

Association of miR-18a, miR-135b, miR-204 and miR-497 expression with clinicopathological factors.

		miR-18a			miR-135b			miR-204			miR-497
Variable	Total no. of patients	High	Low	P-value	High	Low	P-value	High	Low	P-value	High	Low	P-value
Sex
Male	11	6	5	0.740	6	5	0.740	4	7	0.319	3	8	0.965
Female	51	25	26		25	26		27	24		28	23
Age, years
≥50	26	14	12	0.607	13	13	0.797	14	12	0.607	15	11	0.303
<50	36	17	19		18	18		17	19		16	20
Metastasis status
Yes	17	15	2	<0.001	14	3	0.002	8	9	0.776	9	8	0.776
No	45	16	29		17	28		23	22		22	23
Maximum diameter of lymph nodes, mm
≥10	43	25	18	0.054	24	19	0.168	19	24	0.168	22	21	0.783
<10	19	6	13		7	12		12	7		9	10

miR, microRNA.