Table I.

Association between miR-133a-3p expression and clinicopathological characteristics in 56 patients with colorectal cancer.

		miR-133a-3p expression
Characteristics	Value, n	Low (n=31)	High (n=25)	P-value
Age, years				0.877
<60	24	13	11
≥60	32	18	14
Sex				0.489
Male	33	17	16
Female	23	14	9
Tumor size, cm				0.968
<5	36	20	16
≥5	20	11	9
Stage				0.020a
I/II	32	22	10
III/IV	24	9	15
Differentiation				0.453
Well/moderate	26	13	13
Poor	30	18	12

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