Table I.

Association between miR-144-3p and clinicopathological features of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).

Clinical parameters	All cases (n=50)	miR-144-3p expression		P-value
		High (n=21)	Low (n=29)
Sex				0.5356
Male	26	12	14
Female	24	9	15
Age (years)				0.1973
≥0	40	15	25
<50	10	6	4
Site				0.3399
Buccal mucosa	27	13	14
Non-buccal mucosa	23	8	15
Alcohol consumption				0.7381
Yes	32	14	18
No	18	7	11
Smoking habits				0.1452
Yes	31	11	21
No	19	10	8
Tumor size (cm)				0.0025b
≥2	22	4	18
<2	28	17	11
Differentiation				0.021a
Well and moderate	15	10	5
sPoor	35	11	24
Lymph node metastasis				0.044a
Present	34	11	23
Absent	16	10	6
cTNM stage				0.2907
I + II	21	7	14
III + IV	29	14	15

^aP<0.05,

^bP<0.01.