From: The expression of microRNA-375 in plasma and tissue is matched in human colorectal cancer
Characteristics | Screening set | Validation set | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Patient (n = 6) | Control (n = 6) | p | Patient (n = 88) | Control (n = 40) | p |
Average age | 64.7 ± 10.9 | 65.8 ± 7.1 | 0.930 | 65.1 ± 11.7 | 65.8 ± 12.2 | 0.821 |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Male | 4 | 3 | 0.558 | 50 | 19 | 0.327 |
  Female | 2 | 3 |  | 38 | 21 |  |
TNM staging | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  I |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |
  II | 3 |  |  |  | 32 |  |
  III | 3 |  |  |  | 49 |  |
pT category | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  pT 1 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
  pT 2 |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |
  pT 3 |  |  |  |  | 49 |  |
  pT 4 | 6 |  |  |  | 30 |  |
Lymph nodes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Negative | 3 |  |  |  | 39 |  |
  Positive | 3 |  |  |  | 49 |  |
Vascular invasion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Negative | 3 |  |  |  | 52 |  |
  Positive | 3 |  |  |  | 36 |  |
Perineural invasion | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Negative | 3 |  |  |  | 57 |  |
  Positive | 3 |  |  |  | 31 |  |
Localization | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Colon | 3 |  |  |  | 52 |  |
  Rectum | 3 |  |  |  | 36 |  |
  Grading |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(adenocarcinoma) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Low | 1 |  |  |  | 14 |  |
  Moderate | 4 |  |  |  | 63 |  |
  High | 1 |  |  |  | 11 |  |
Tumor diameter | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  ≤5 cm | 2 |  |  |  | 39 |  |
  >5 cm | 4 |  |  |  | 49 |  |