Table 1.

Relationship between miR-324-5p and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer patients

Features	Category	All (n=122)	miR-324-5p expression		P
			Low (n=56)	High (n=66)
Age (years)	<  60	49	22	27	0.855
	≥ 60	73	34	39
Gender	Female	46	21	25	0.966
	Male	76	35	41
Tumor size (cm)	<  5	58	30	28	0.219
	≥ 5	64	26	38
Differentiation	Well-moderate	65	35	30	0.060
	Poor	57	21	36
Lymph node metastasis	Negative	64	37	27	0.006
	Positive	58	19	39
TNM stage	I	23	17	6	0.002
	II	34	17	17
	III	43	18	25
	IV	22	4	18