Table 2.

Relationship between miR-301a-3p expression and clinicopathologic characteristics of 20 patients with ESCC

Variables	Total	miR-301a-3p expression
		Low	High	P value
Gender
Male	13	7	6	0.961
Female	7	3	4
Age (years)
< 60	4	2	2	0.551
> 60	16	8	8
Tumor diameter (cm)
< 3	3	2	1	0.277
> 3	17	8	9
T stage
T1 + T2	8	7	1	0.008**
T3 + T4	12	3	9
Lymph node metastasis
N−	10	2	2	0.026*
N+	10	8	8
TNM stage
I + II	11	8	3	0.005**
III + IV	9	2	7