Table 2.

Correlation between miR-1306-3p expression and clinicopathological parameters in gastric cancer (n = 54)

Parameters	Category	No.	miR-1306-3p expression		χ 2	P
			Low	High
Age					0.845	0.358
	< 65	26	18	8
	≥65	28	16	12
Gender					0.327	0.568
	Male	38	23	15
	Female	16	11	5
T stage					19.703	< 0.001
	T2 + T3	26	8	18
	T4	28	26	2
N stage					2.000	0.157
	N0+ N1	23	12	11
	N2+ N3	31	22	9
M stage						0.030
	M0	47	27	20
	M1	7	7	0
UICC stage					8.145	0.004
	II	17	6	11
	III	37	28	9
Nerve invasion					4.469	0.035
	Yes	29	22	7
	No	25	12	13
Vessel invasion					0.021	0.884
	Yes	29	16	9
	No	25	18	11
Differentiation						0.046
	Well	3	0	3
	Mederate+ Poor	51	34	17
Toumor size					0.454	0.561
	≤3 cm	23	15	7
	> 3 cm	31	18	13
Tumor		54	34	20	18.328	< 0.001
Normal		54	12	42