Table 1 Correlation between miR-199a-5p expression and clinicopathological features of gastric cancer

Sex

0.023

0.880

  Male

75

47 (62.7%)

28

  Female

28

18 (64.3%)

10

Tumor diameter

6.696

0.010

  <5 cm

74

41 (55.4%)

33

  ≥5 cm

29

24 (82.8%)

5

Lauren classification

3.489

0.062

  Diffuse type

42

31 (73.8%)

11

  Intestinal type

61

34 (55.7%)

27

Differentiation

0.185

1.000

  Well

3

2 (66.7%)

1

  Moderate

27

17 (63.0%)

10

  Poor or no

73

46 (63.0%)

27

Histology type

0.894

0.954

  Papillary adenocarcinoma

1

1 (100.0%)

0

  Tubular adenocarcinoma

83

51 (61.4%)

32

  Mucinous adenocarcinoma

9

6 (66.7%)

3

  Signet-ring cell carcinoma

10

7 (70.0%)

3

Lymph node metastasis

11.350

0.001

  Yes

60

46 (76.7%)

14

  No

43

19 (44.2%)

24

Distant metastasis

5.739

0.083

  Yes

6

6 (100.0%)

0

  No

97

59 (60.8%)

38

TNM stage

15.591

0.001

  I

24

9 (37.5%)

15

  II

30

16 (53.3%)

14

  III

39

31 (79.5%)

8

  IV

10

9 (90.0%)

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