TABLE 2.

Association between plasma miR‐205‐5p levels and clinicopathological characteristics in patients with NSCLC

Group	n	Median	(P 25, P 75)	p value a
Gender
Male	33	3.479 g	(1.639, 8.840)	0.045
Female	33	2.033	(1.372,3.620)
Age
≥62	37	2.055	(1.179, 6.350)	0.361
<62	29	2.991	(1.650, 5.581)
Smoking history
Yes	21	5.419	(1.650,8.841)	0.036
No	45	2.157	(1.162,4.316)
Alcohol history
Yes	14	6.183	(1.896,9.024)	0.047
No	52	2.155	(1.324,4.535)
Pathological type
Adenocarcinomas	42	2.101	(1.377,4.403)
Squamous cell carcinomas	24	3.810	(1.559,8.868)	0.131
TNM stage
I–II	19	2.607	(1.235,4.956)
III–IV	41	2.907	(1.615,7.020)	0.364
Unclear	6	1.628	(1.581,1.937)

^a Wilcoxon rank sum exact test or Kruskal–Wallis rank sum test.