Table 1.
Clinicopathologic features and the expression of miR-134 in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
| Characteristic | Case | miR-134 | P valuea | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||
| Low expression | High expression | |||
| Age (years) | 0.365 | |||
| <60 | 28 | 14 | 14 | |
| ≥60 | 26 | 9 | 17 | |
| Gender | 0.534 | |||
| Male | 33 | 16 | 117 | |
| Female | 21 | 9 | 12 | |
| Pathologic type | 0.298 | |||
| Ulcerative type | 18 | 10 | 8 | |
| Medullary type | 16 | 7 | 9 | |
| Fungating type | 12 | 5 | 7 | |
| Constrictive type | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Plaque type | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Differentiation | 0.135 | |||
| Well | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| Moderate | 24 | 12 | 12 | |
| Poor | 23 | 16 | 7 | |
| Tumor size | 0.033 | |||
| ≤4 cm | 26 | 10 | 16 | |
| >4 cm | 28 | 21 | 7 | |
| TNM Classification | 0.009 | |||
| I | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
| II | 13 | 9 | 4 | |
| III | 25 | 16 | 9 | |
| IV | 9 | 7 | 2 | |
| Lymph node status | <0.001 | |||
| Negative | 25 | 13 | 12 | |
| Positive | 29 | 20 | 9 | |
a
One-way ANOVA and t-test were used to analyze the correlation between the expression of miR-134 and clinicopathologic features of the patients.