Table 1.

Association between miR-409 expression and different clinical characteristics of patients with pancreatic carcinoma

Clinical characteristics	Cases	miR-409 expression		P values
	n = 143	Low (n = 72)	High (n = 71)
Age				0.677
≤ 55	70	34	36
> 55	73	38	35
Gender				0.454
Male	79	42	37
Female	64	30	34
Location				0.450
Head of pancreas	89	47	42
Others	54	25	29
CEA (μg/ml)				0.681
< 4.3	81	42	39
≥ 4.3	62	30	32
CA199 (U/mL)				0.649
< 37	90	44	46
≥ 37	53	28	25
Tumor size (cm)				0.357
< 2	70	38	32
≥ 2	73	34	39
Differentiation				0.678
Well-moderate	68	33	35
Poor	75	39	36
Lymph node metastasis				0.001
Negative	96	39	57
Positive	47	33	14
TNM stage				0.004
I-II	108	47	61
III	35	25	10