Table 2.

The correlation between miR-7 expression in serum of gastric cancer patients and clinicopathological features.

Clinicopathological features	Total (n = 53)	miR-7 expression in serum	P
Age (years)
≥ 60	29	0.419 ± 0.167	0.670
< 60	24	0.400 ± 0.152
Gender
Male	28	0.408 ± 0.153	0.892
Female	25	0.414 ± 0.168
Tumor size (cm)
≥ 3	28	0.350 ± 0.145	0.003
< 3	25	0.478 ± 0.149
Differentiation degree
High	16	0.523 ± 0.157	<0.001
Moderate + poor	37	0.361 ± 0.135
TNM staging
IIIb stage	34	0.445 ± 0.140	0.032
IV stage	19	0.348 ± 0.176
Lymphatic metastasis
Yes	39	0.371 ± 0.149	0.002
No	14	0.519 ± 0.139