Table 1.

Correlation between miR-210-3p levels in plasma exosomes and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with CRC (n  =  50).

Parameter	Case	miR-210-3p expression		χ2 value	P value
		Low (n = 25)	High (n = 25)
Gender				0.368	0.544
Male	34	18	16
Female	16	7	9
Age, years				0.725	0.395
≤60	23	10	13
>60	27	15	12
Tumor site				0.739	0.390
Colon	29	16	13
Rectum	21	9	12
Tumor differentiation				5.195	0.023*
Middle and high	22	15	7
Low	28	10	18
Lymphovascular invasion				8.333	0.004*
Absence	30	20	10
Presence	20	5	15
Perineural invasion				5.556	0.018*
Absence	32	20	12
Presence	18	5	13
T stage				1.587	0.208
T1 and T2	14	9	5
T3 and T4	36	16	20
N stage				6.522	0.011*
N0 and N1	23	16	7
N2 and N3	27	9	18
TNM stage				9.680	0.002*
I and II	25	18	7
III	25	7	18

CRC: colorectal cancer; TNM: tumor-node-metastasis.

^*P<0.05.