Up-regulation of miR-9 expression predicate advanced clinicopathological features and poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Correlation of miR-9 expression with clinicopathological features of HCC (n = 200)

Clinicopathological features		No. of cases	miR-9 expression		P
Clinicopathological features		No. of cases	Low	High	P
Age (year)	<50	78	40	38	0.662
	≥50	122	58	64
Gender	Male	107	53	54	0.889
	Female	93	45	48
Tumor size	<5 cm	82	36	46	0.252
	≥5 cm	118	62	56
Tumor stage	Early stage (I-II)	71	42	29	0.0389
	Advanced stage (III-IV)	129	56	73
Venous infiltration	Absent	131	82	49	<0.0001
	Present	69	16	53
AFP level	≤20 ng/ml	45	27	18	0.127
	>20 ng/ml	155	71	84

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