Clinicopathological parameters | N (No. of patients) | Level of miR-101 expression (T/N ratio)a | P value |
---|---|---|---|
Patient gender | Â | Â | 0.776 |
 Male | 56 | 0.208 ± 0.056 |  |
 Female | 24 | 0.212 ± 0.059 |  |
T classification | Â | Â | 0.015 |
 T1–2 | 40 | 0.225 ± 0.054 |  |
 T3–4 | 40 | 0.194 ± 0.055 |  |
Lymph node metastasis | Â | Â | 0.044 |
 Negative | 45 | 0.221 ± 0.051 |  |
 Positive | 35 | 0.195 ± 0.06 |  |
Differentiation | Â | Â | 0.096 |
 Well | 54 | 0.202 ± 0.053 |  |
 Moderately/poorly | 26 | 0.225 ± 0.061 |  |
Patient age | Â | Â | 0.051 |
 ≥60 years | 48 | 0.212 ± 0.050 |  |
 <60 years | 32 | 0.206 ± 0.065 |  |
Clinical stage | Â | Â | 0.004 |
 I–II | 38 | 0.228 ± 0.054 |  |
 III–IV | 42 | 0.192 ± 0.053 |  |
Tobacco exposure | Â | Â | 0.638 |
 Smoker | 60 | 0.208 ± 0.060 |  |
 Nonsmoker | 20 | 0.215 ± 0.045 |  |
miR-101 levels | Â | Â | <0.01 |
 Low | 40 | 0.166 ± 0.030 |  |
 High | 40 | 0.253 ± 0.039 |  |