Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the ESCC patients included from hospital.
| Clinical characteristics | Number | Relative expression of miR-30b-5p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD | t | P | ||
| Gender | 0.066 | 0.948 | ||
| Male | 25 | 1.12±0.83 | ||
| Female | 7 | 1.10±0.96 | ||
| Age, years | 0.014 | 0.989 | ||
| ≥60 | 21 | 1.12±1.00 | ||
| <60 | 11 | 1.12±0.44 | ||
| Location | F=1.119a | 0.340 | ||
| Upper | 3 | 0.80±0.65 | ||
| Middle | 20 | 1.29±0.94 | ||
| Lower | 9 | 0.84±0.60 | ||
| Tumor Grade | F=1.246a | 0.303 | ||
| Well | 5 | 0.58±0.29 | ||
| Moderately | 23 | 1.20±0.92 | ||
| Poorly | 4 | 1.33±0.66 | ||
| T status | F=4.008a | 0.017* | ||
| T1 | 3 | 2.53±1.34 | ||
| T2 | 6 | 0.86±0.82 | ||
| T3 | 18 | 1.01±0.62 | ||
| T4 | 5 | 1.00±0.70 | ||
| N status | F=0.593a | 0.625 | ||
| N0 | 15 | 1.32±1.00 | ||
| N1 | 9 | 1.02±0.88 | ||
| N2 | 4 | 0.79±0.42 | ||
| N3 | 4 | 0.92±0.23 | ||
a, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was utilized; *, comparison of miR-30b-5p expression between or among each variable is statistical significance. t, Student’s t-test. SD, standard deviation; ESCC, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.