Table 1.

Clinicopathological variables and the expression of miR-489 in gastric cancer patients

Item	Cases	miR-489		P value
		High	Low
Age (years)				0.790
≥ 60	20	8	12
< 60	32	14	18
Gender				0.575
Male	33	13	20
Female	19	9	10
TNM stage				0.0008**
I–II	17	6	11
III–IV	35	16	19
Tumor size				0.049*
< 4 cm	16	10	6
≥ 4 cm	36	12	24
Lymph node metastasis				0.746
Yes	25	10	15
No	27	12	15
Distant metastasis				0.947
Yes	21	9	12
No	31	13	18
Differentiation				0.024*
Low	37	12	25
Well	15	10	5