Table 2.

Correlation between miR-128-3p expression and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer

Clinicopathological characteristics	n	miR-128-3p		P
	103	Low expression (n = 52)	High expression (n = 51)
Age				0.429
≤ 59 years	59	32	27
> 59 years	44	20	24
Gender				0.158
Male	40	24	16
Female	63	28	35
Tumor size				0.028
≤ 4.8 cm	59	24	35
> 4.8 cm	44	28	16
Tissue differentiation				0.009
Well	12	3	9
Moderate	46	19	27
Poor	45	30	15
TNM stage				< 0.001
I + II	48	14	34
III + IV	55	38	17
Distant metastasis				0.005
M0	42	14	28
M1	61	38	23
Infiltrating depth				0.001
T1 + T2	42	13	29
T3 + T4	61	39	22