Table I.

Relationship between miR-744 expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of OS patients.

		miR-744
Characteristics	Cases	High	Low	P-value
Age (years)				0.75
≥60	25	18	7
<60	16	14	2
Sex				0.52
Male	24	19	5
Female	17	13	4
Tumor size				0.12
<5 cm	20	13	7
≥5 cm	21	19	2
Clinical stage				0.02a
I–II	32	25	7
III–IV	9	7	2
Distant metastasis				0.03a
No	35	29	6
Yes	6	3	3

Statistical analyses were performed by the χ² test.

^aP<0.05 was considered statistically significant.