Table I.

Relationship of miR-545 expression and their clinicopathological characteristics of NSCLC patients.

		miR-545
Characteristics	Cases	High	Low	P-value
Age (years)				0.072
≥60	54	20	34
<60	30	12	18
Sex				0.21
Male	50	21	29
Female	34	16	18
Tumor size (mm)				0.144
≤3	48	22	26
>3	36	15	21
Lymph node metastasis				0.016a
Yes	19	7	12
No	65	25	40
Tumor stage				0.02a
I–II	60	24	36
III–IV	24	10	14

Statistical analyses were performed by the χ² test.

^aP<0.05 was considered statistically significant. miR-545, microRNA-545; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer.