Characteristics | Case number | miR-153 expression | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Low (n = 48) | High (n = 71) | |||
Age | ||||
 < 60 | 48 | 25 | 23 | 0.765 |
 ≥ 60 | 71 | 35 | 36 |  |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 51 | 24 | 27 | 1.0 |
 Female | 68 | 32 | 36 |  |
Smoking history | ||||
 Yes | 80 | 38 | 42 | 0.901 |
 No | 39 | 19 | 20 |  |
TNM stage | ||||
 I + II | 82 | 32 | 50 | 0.004 |
 III + IV | 37 | 25 | 12 |  |
Lymph node status | ||||
 Yes | 28 | 22 | 6 | < 0.001 |
 No | 91 | 31 | 60 |  |
Distant metastasis | ||||
 Yes | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0.082 |
 No | 109 | 56 | 53 |  |
Histological type | ||||
 Adenocarcinoma | 60 | 31 | 29 | 0.784 |
 Squamous carcinoma | 59 | 29 | 30 |  |
Differentiated degree | ||||
 Low/middle | 79 | 32 | 45 | 0.001 |
 High | 40 | 29 | 11 |  |