Table 2.

The association of miR-1269b expression with clinicopathological parameters

Characteristics	Number of patients (n = 43)	miR-1269b expression		χ2	P value
		Low (n = 23)	High (n = 20)
Gender
Male	24	13	11	0.0100	0.9202
Female	19	10	9
Age(years)
<61	23	10	13	1.9917	0.1582
≥61	20	13	7
Lymph node invasion
Negative	17	5	12	6.5511	0.0105*
Positive	26	18	8
Drinking alcohol
Yes	23	15	8	2.7344	0.09820
No	20	8	12
Tumor size (cm)
<5	14	4	10	5.1804	0.0228*
≥5	29	19	10
Differentiation
Well-moderately	15	9	6	0.3926	0.5309
Poorly	28	14	14
Distant metastasis
Yes	26	14	12	0.0034	0.9536
No	17	9	8

Note: * P < 0.05.