Table 1.

Clinical correlation of miR-548b expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

Clinical features	miR-548b expression level		P-value
Low	High
Age (years)			0.524
<50	11	13
≥50	19	16
Gender			0.514
Male	22	19
Female	8	10
Tumor size (cm)			0.002*
<5	12	23
≥5	18	6
α-fetoprotein level (ng/mL)			0.520
<400	9	11
≥400	21	18
Tumor number			0.417
Solitary	27	24
Multiple	3	5
TNM stage			0.027*
I+II	10	18
III+IV	20	11
Venous infiltration			0.044*
Absent	19	25
Present	11	4

Note: *P<0.05.