Table 1.

The relationship between the expression level of miR-373-3p and the clinical characteristics of HCC patients’ tissue specimens

Variable	miR-373-3p expression		P-value
	Low (n = 21)	High (n = 11)
Age (years) <50 >50	13 8	5 6	0.372
Gender Male Female	5 16	3 8	0.830
Tumor size (cm) <5 ≥5	7 14	7 4	0.103
TNM stage I~ –II III–IV	9 12	9 2	0.039*
Lymph node metastasis No Yes	6 15	8 3	0.019*

Note: *P < 0.05 was statistically significant.