Table 2.

Correlation analysis between the clinic opathological characteristics of CRC patients and the expression of miR-96 and AMPKα2

Clinic opathological characteristics	Case	miR-96			AMPKα2
		High expression	Low expression	P	High expression	Low expression	P
Gender				0.4636			0.5731
Male	42	19	23		22	20
Female	18	10	8		8	10
Age (year)				0.2015			0.1205
< 60	32	13	19		19	13
≥ 60	28	16	12		11	17
TNM classification				< 0.001			< 0.001
I-II	28	4	24		23	5
III-IV	32	25	7		7	25
LNM				< 0.001			< 0.001
Yes	34	25	9		7	27
No	26	4	22		23	3

Note: The data were enumeration data and analyzed using chi-square test; p < 0.05 indicated that the difference was statistically significant. CRC colorectal cancer; miR-96 microRNA-96; TNM tumor, node, metastasis; LNM lymph node metastasis