Table I.
Correlation between miR-299-5p expression and clinicopathological characteristics of breast cancer patients.
| miR-299-5p expression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Patients (n=30) | Low (n=19) | High (n=11) | P-value |
| Age (years) | 0.707 | |||
| <60 | 16 | 11 | 5 | |
| ≥60 | 14 | 8 | 6 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | 0.238 | |||
| <2 | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| ≥2 | 19 | 14 | 5 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | 0.023a | |||
| Negative | 13 | 5 | 8 | |
| Positive | 17 | 14 | 3 | |
| TNM stage | 0.708 | |||
| I+II | 17 | 10 | 7 | |
| III+IV | 13 | 9 | 4 | |
a
Fisher's exact probabilities test, P<0.05. TNM, T the size of primary tumor site; N the regional lymph node involvement; M the distant metastasis.