Table 1. Association between MIR17HG expression and clinicopathological characteristics in colon cancer.

Variable	Total (n=60)	Expression of MIR17HG		P
		High (n=37)	Low (n=23)
Age (years)				0.082
<65	23	11	12
≥65	37	26	11
Gender				0.471
Male	33	19	14
Female	27	18	9
Location				0.811
Right	22	14	8
Others	38	23	15
pT stage				0.062
T1	6	1	5
T2	24	18	6
T3	21	12	9
T4	9	6	3
pN stage				0.005*
N0	29	12	17
N1	12	9	3
N2	19	16	3
TNM stage				<0.001*
I/II	25	8	17
III/IV	35	29	6
Differentiation				0.838
Well	32	19	13
Moderate	21	13	8
Poor	7	5	2
Vessel invasion				0.327
No	41	27	14
Yes	19	10	9

*, P<0.05 represents the P values with significant differences.