Table 6.

Correlation between the relative expression levels of miR-153 and miR-203 and the clinical and pathologic characteristics of 80 patients with CC (x̅ ± sd)

Characteristic	n	miR-153	t	P	miR-203	t	P
Age			1.973	0.052		1.071	0.281
≥50	46	0.20±0.09			0.35±0.18
<50	34	0.23±0.06			0.39±0.21
Pathologic type			0.584	0.561		0.102	0.919
Squamous cancer	71	0.21±0.08			0.37±0.19
Adenocarcinoma	9	0.23±0.03			0.36±0.26
Histologic grade			0.854	0.341		0.324	0.746
Highly differentiated	59	0.21±0.10			0.36±0.21
Poorly differentiated	21	0.23±0.08			0.37±0.23
Muscle infiltration			2.765	0.017		2.627	0.019
Yes	32	0.19±0.06			0.31±0.17
No	48	0.25±0.10			0.39±0.23
FIGO stage			3.114	0.008		3.411	<0.001
I-II	65	0.24±0.11			0.38±0.24
III-IV	15	0.18±0.07			0.32±0.19
Lymphatic metastasis			3.476	<0.001		4.014	<0.001
No	61	0.25±0.11			0.38±0.25
Yes	19	0.18±0.09			0.30±0.18

Note: CC: cervical cancer.