Table 1.

Association of miR-1298 and the clinical characteristics of the NSCLC patients

Features	Total No. N = 121	miR-99b expression		P values
		Low (n = 62)	High (n = 59)
Age (years)				0.564
≤ 60	38	18	20
> 60	83	44	39
Gender				0.864
Female	44	23	21
Male	77	39	38
Smoking history				0.837
No	44	22	22
Yes	77	40	37
Tumor size (cm)				0.218
≤ 3	69	32	37
> 3	52	30	22
Lymph node metastasis				0.024
Negative	57	23	34
Positive	64	39	25
TNM stage				0.009
I - II	53	20	33
III - IV	68	42	26