Table 1.

The Association Between MicroRNA-708 Expression and Clinicopathological Characteristics of Patients With Gastric Cancer

Characteristics	No.	MicroRNA-708 Expression		p
		Low	High
Age				0.288
<55 years	18	11	7
≥55 years	35	16	19
Sex				0.968
Male	31	13	18
Female	22	14	8
Tumor size				0.341
<4 cm	23	10	13
≥4 cm	30	17	13
Differentiation				0.335
Well and moderate	27	12	15
Poor and signet	26	15	11
Lymphatic metastasis				0.040
Absent	25	9	16
Present	28	18	10
Invasive depth				0.019
T1 + T2	28	10	18
T3 + T4	25	17	8
TNM stage				0.038
I–II	21	7	14
III–IV	33	20	12