Table 2.

Correlation of miR-23a-3p expression with clinicopathological characteristics in CCA patients

Parameters	Total	ICCA		P-value	Parameters	Total	ECCA		Total
		High level	Low level				High level	Low level
Age					Age
<60	17	7	10	0.328	<60	15	8	7	0.647
≥60	21	12	9		≥60	7	3	4
Gender					Gender
Male	21	11	10	0.744	Male	17	9	8	0.611
Female	17	8	9		Female	5	2	3
Tumor numbers					Tumor numbers
1	32	15	17	0.374	1	19	9	10	0.534
≥1	6	4	2		≥1	3	2	1
Tumor size(cm)					Tumor size(cm)
<5	13	3	10	0.017*	<3	19	9	10	0.534
≥5	25	16	9		≥3	3	2	1
Pathologic grade					Pathologic grade
I+ II	12	7	5	0.485	I+ II	9	5	4	0.665
III+IV	26	12	14		III+IV	13	6	7
Vascular invasion					Vascular invasion
yes	27	13	14	0.721	yes	12	5	7	0.392
no	11	6	5		no	10	6	4
Perineural invasion					Perineural invasion
yes	25	15	10	0.087	yes	15	8	7	0.647
no	13	4	9		no	7	3	4
Lymph node metastasis					Lymph node metastasis
yes	15	11	4	0.020*	yes	4	4	0	0.027*
no	23	8	15		no	18	7	11
TNM stage					TNM stage
I+ II	18	10	8	0.516	I+ II	6	2	4
III+IV	20	9	11		III+IV	16	9	7	0.338