Table 2.

The correlation between the relative level of miR-301a-3p/U6 and pathological characteristics of ESCC patients (n = 47).

Clinicopathologic features	miR-301a-3p expression		p
	High (n = 14)	Low (n = 33)
Gender
Male	10	24	1
Female	4	9
Age(years)
>65	10	15	0.103
≤65	4	18
Differentiation
Well+moderate	8	25	0.163
Poor	6	8
TNM stage
I–II	5	25	0.009*
III–IV	9	8
length
≥4 cm	9	10	0.03*
<4 cm	5	23