Table 1.

Correlation between the clinicopathological factors and expression of ZEB2/miR-637/HMGA1/vimentin axis

Characteristics	n	ZEB2 expression			miR-637 expression			HMGA1 expression			Vimentin expression
		High	Low	p	High	Low	p	High	Low	p	High	Low	p
Gender
Male	40	17	22	0.286	14	21	0.12	20	20	0.45	19	21	0.35
Female	29	14	14		13	12		13	16		16	13
Age
>50	18	9	9	0.336	5	9	0.163	10	8	0.24	11	7	0.11
<50	51	22	27		22	24		23	28		24	27
Histological type
AT	46	21	23	0.279	18	21	0.213	22	24	0.10	24	22	0.03
OT	15	6	9		5	8		5	10		4	11
Other	8	4	4		4	4		6	2		7	1
WHO grade
I + II	34	4	29	<0.001	24	8	<0.001	8	26	<0.001	8	26	<0.001
III + IV	35	27	7		3	25		25	10		27	8

Abbreviations: AT, astrocytic tumor; OT, oligodendroglial tumor; WHO, World Health Organization.