Table 1.

Expression of miR-744-5p and TGFB1 according to patients’ clinical characteristics

		miR-744-5p expression			TGFB1 expression
characteristics	total	Tumor tissue	para-carcinoma tissue	P value	Tumor tissue	para-carcinoma tissue	P value
Age (y)				0.291			0.377
< 18	14	0.93 ± 0.38	1.34 ± 0.40	0.024*	2.15 ± 0.86	1.24 ± 0.61	0.001***
≥ 18	11	0.91 ± 0.26	1.46 ± 0.47	0.017*	2.42 ± 0.65	1.42 ± 0.74	0.003**
Gender				0.391			0.374
Female	13	0.98 ± 0.37	1.30 ± 0.41	0.103	2.14 ± 0.77	1.40 ± 0.68	0.002**
Male	12	0.86 ± 0.27	1.56 ± 0.41	0.002**	2.41 ± 0.79	1.23 ± 0.66	0.001***
Location				0.572			0.531
Arm/hand	11	0.96 ± 0.32	1.72 ± 1.05	0.029*	2.38 ± 0.77	1.35 ± 0.66	0.004**
Leg/foot	14	0.89 ± 0.34	1.41 ± 0.44	0.015*	2.18 ± 0.80	1.30 ± 0.69	0.001***
TNM stage				0.135			0.014*
I	6	1.04 ± 0.25	1.26 ± 0.38	0.401	1.80 ± 0.60	1.21 ± 0.50	0.054
II	11	1.03 ± 0.30	1.40 ± 0.41	0.075	2.09 ± 0.67	1.27 ± 0.74	0.004**
III/IV	8	0.67 ± 0.29	1.59 ± 0.47	0.005**	2.88 ± 0.71	1.46 ± 0.72	0.003**
Tumor size				0.017*			0.014*
< 5 cm	11	1.09 ± 0.29	1.31 ± 0.41	0.272	1.86 ± 0.46	1.25 ± 0.53	0.001***
≥ 5 cm	14	0.89 ± 0.24	1.43 ± 0.43	0.006*	2.44 ± 0.84	1.37 ± 0.84	0.004**
Lung metastasis				0.005**			0.005**
Yes	8	0.67 ± 0.29	1.59 ± 0.47	0.005**	2.88 ± 0.71	1.46 ± 0.72	0.003**
No	17	1.04 ± 0.27	1.35 ± 0.39	0.043*	1.99 ± 0.64	1.25 ± 0.65	0.000***