Table 1.
Correlation between plasma miR-148a levels and clinicopathological characteristics in GC patients with gastrectomy
| n | Plasma miR-148a concentration | Univariatea | ||
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| High | Low | p-value | ||
| Total | 132 | 59 (45%) | 73 (55%) | |
| Age | 0.5693 | |||
| <65 | 37 | 18 (31%) | 19 (26%) | |
| ≥65 | 95 | 41 (69%) | 54 (74%) | |
| Sex | 0.9308 | |||
| male | 80 | 36 (61%) | 44 (60%) | |
| female | 52 | 23 (39%) | 29 (40%) | |
| Histological type | 0.5187 | |||
| Differentiated | 63 | 30 (51%) | 33 (45%) | |
| Un-differentiated | 69 | 29 (49%) | 40 (55%) | |
| Lymphatic invasion | 0.3018 | |||
| Present | 67 | 27 (46%) | 40 (55%) | |
| Absent | 65 | 32 (54%) | 33 (45%) | |
| Venous invasion | 0.0279 | |||
| Present | 54 | 18 (31%) | 36 (49%) | |
| Absent | 78 | 41 (69%) | 37 (51%) | |
| pT (TNM) | 0.0810 | |||
| T1/T2 | 88 | 44 (75%) | 44 (60%) | |
| T3/T4 | 44 | 15 (25%) | 29 (40%) | |
| pN (TNM) | 0.0267 | |||
| NO | 85 | 44 (75%) | 41 (56%) | |
| N1 | 47 | 15 (25%) | 32 (44%) | |
| pStage (TNM) | 0.0040 | |||
| I/II | 104 | 53 (90%) | 51 (70%) | |
| III | 28 | 6 (10%) | 22 (30%) | |
| Recurrence | 0.0194 | |||
| absent | 110 | 54 (92%) | 56 (77%) | |
| present | 22 | 5 (8%) | 17 (23%) | |
a
Chi-square test.
NOTE: Significant values are in bold.