Table 2.

Characteristics of NSCLC patients for differentially expressed ExmiR-20b-5p and miR-3187-5p.

Characteristic		No. cases	miR-20b-5p		miR-3187-5p
			Median with interquartile range	P-value	Median with interquartile range	P-value
Age (year)	≤62	145	3.9400 (3.2650–4.7125)	0.6691	3.2250 (2.4750–3.9000)	0.2207
	>62	131	4.1200 (3.4250–4.7600)		3.0100 (2.4225–3.6800)
Gender	Male	162	4.4125 (3.4500–4.7200)	0.2399	3.2275 (2.5550–3.8550)	0.0801
	Female	114	3.9025 (3.2100–4.7550)		3.0725 (2.4150–3.5350)
Histological	SCC	63	3.9500 (3.5050–4.6900)	0.6935	3.2250 (2.6125–3.8000)	0.4299
type	AD	197	4.0050 (3.2925–4.7200)		3.1300 (2.4150–3.7525)
	Others	16
Smoking	Smoker	142	4.1125 (3.4000–4.7200)	0.4552	3.2850 (2.5800–3.8250)	0.0859
history	Non-smoker	134	3.9375 (3.2650–4.7550)		3.0125 (2.4150–3.5600)
Drinking	Drinker	90	4.1000 (3.3250–4.9400)	0.3899	3.2000 (2.3900–3.7350)	0.4626
history	Non-drinker	186	3.9825 (3.3600–4.6650)		3.1200 (2.4900–3.8100)
Lymph node metastasis	Yes	130	3.9425 (3.2000–4.7050)	0.3056	3.0775 (2.4100–3.7300)	0.4324
	No	139	4.1150 (3.4200–4.7200)		3.2050 (2.5650–3.7750)
	Unknown	7
Distant metastasis	Yes	190	3.9825 (3.4150–4.7150)	0.7788	3.0825 (2.4150–3.6800)	0.1992
	No	80	4.0900 (3.2075–4.7200)		3.3050 (2.5675–3.9100)
	Unknown	6

SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; AC: adenocarcinoma.