Table 4.
Correlation between miR-29a Expression and Clinical Parameters
| Variables | Cases (%) | miR-29a |
p Value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | High | |||
| Age, 46.80 ± 2.57 | 0.447 | |||
| ≤47 years | 53.3 | 20 | 33.3 | |
| >47 years | 46.7 | 26.7 | 20 | |
| Tumor Grade | 0.512 | |||
| I | 6.7 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| II | 66.7 | 26.7 | 40 | |
| III | 26.7 | 13.3 | 13.3 | |
| Nuclear Grade | 0.348 | |||
| Low | 7.1 | 7.1 | 0 | |
| High and intermediate | 28.6 | 7.1 | 21.4 | |
| High | 64.3 | 35.7 | 28.6 | |
| Tumor Stage | 0.517 | |||
| T1 | 40 | 26.7 | 13.3 | |
| T2 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 6.7 | |
| T3 | 40 | 13.3 | 26.7 | |
| T4 | 6.7 | 0 | 6.7 | |
| Tumor Size (cm) | 0.185 | |||
| ≤2 | 73.3 | 26.7 | 40.7 | |
| >2 | 26.7 | 20 | 6.7 | |
| Area of Invasive Component, 4.09 ± 0.13 cm2 | 0.143 | |||
| ≤4 | 66.7 | 40 | 26.7 | |
| >4 | 33.3 | 6.7 | 26.7 | |
| Tumor Side | 0.782 | |||
| Right | 53.3 | 26.7 | 26.7 | |
| Left | 46.7 | 20 | 26.7 | |
| Margin | 0.185 | |||
| Free | 73.3 | 26.7 | 46.7 | |
| Involved | 26.7 | 20 | 6.7 | |
| Prevascular Invasion | 0.310 | |||
| Negative | 26.7 | 6.7 | 20 | |
| Positive | 73.3 | 40 | 33.3 | |
| Preneural Invasion | 0.605 | |||
| Negative | 20 | 6.7 | 13.3 | |
| Positive | 80 | 40 | 40 | |