Table 2.
Correlation of miR‐491 expression with clinicopathological feature of osteosarcoma
| Parameters | No. of cases | miR‐491 expression | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Percentage | Low | Percentage | |||
| Age | ||||||
| <20 years | 19 | 9 | 47.37 | 10 | 52.63 | 0.6112 |
| ≥20 years | 24 | 15 | 62.50 | 9 | 37.50 | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 30 | 18 | 60.00 | 12 | 40.00 | 0.52 |
| Female | 13 | 6 | 46.15 | 7 | 53.85 | |
| Tumour size | ||||||
| >8 cm | 26 | 9 | 34.62 | 17 | 65.38 | <0.01 |
| ≤8 cm | 17 | 15 | 88.24 | 2 | 11.76 | |
| Anatomical location | ||||||
| Tibia/femur | 33 | 17 | 51.52 | 16 | 48.48 | 0.3025 |
| Elsewhere | 10 | 7 | 70.00 | 3 | 30.00 | |
| Clinical stage | ||||||
| I/II | 27 | 20 | 74.07 | 7 | 25.93 | <0.01 |
| III/IV | 16 | 4 | 25.00 | 12 | 75.00 | |
| Distant metastasis | ||||||
| Absent | 25 | 9 | 36.00 | 16 | 64.00 | 0.0191 |
| Present | 18 | 13 | 72.22 | 5 | 27.78 | |