Table 1. Relationships between miR-873 expression levels with clinicopathological factors in CRC.

Variables	N	miR-873		P
		Low	High
		Age (years)					0.200
> 61	29	21	8
≤ 61	26	24	2
Gender				0.230
Male	35	27	8
Female	20	18	2
Clinical stage				0.190
I-II	16	12	4
III-IV	39	33	6
pN stage				0.057
N0	14	9	5
N1-N2	41	36	5
Distant metastasis				0.031*
No	42	33	9
Yes	13	12	1

^*P < 0.05 by Student’s t-test