Table I.

Association of tissue and serum miR-769-3p with the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with glioma.

		Tissue miR-769-3p expression			Serum miR-769-3p expression
Characteristic	Total (n=113)	Low (n=69)	High (n=44)	P-value	Low (n=59)	High (n=54)	P-value
Age, years
≤60	60	37	23		30	30
>60	53	32	21	0.888	29	24	0.616
Sex
Male	59	36	23		31	28
Female	54	33	21	0.992	28	26	0.941
Tumor size, cm
<5.0	57	30	27		27	30
≥5.0	56	39	17	0.064	32	24	0.298
WHO grade
I–II	58	28	30		23	35
III–IV	55	41	14	0.004b	36	19	0.006b
KPS
<80	58	41	17		37	21
≥80	55	28	27	0.031a	22	33	0.011a

^aP<0.05

^bP<0.01. WHO, World Health Organization; KPS, Karnofsky performance scale; miR, microRNA.