TABLE 1.

Basic information of patients and correlation with miR-29c-3p expression.

Characteristic	Total	miR-29c-3p expression
		Low	High
Gender
Male	13	4	9
Female	17	6	11
Age
<50	12	3	9
≥50	18	7	11
Histology
Adenocarcinoma	5	2	3
Squamous cell carcinoma	25	8	17
Tumor location
Upper esophagus	2	0	2
Middle esophagus	23	8	15
Lower esophagus	5	2	3