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Table 2 Association between miR-23a and clinicopathological characteristics in 52 patients with LSCC

From: High microRNA-23a expression in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma is associated with poor patient prognosis

Features

No.of cases

miR-23a expression

P -value

Age

   

<60

22

3.87 ± 4.50

0.234

≥60

30

6.35 ± 10.00

 

Gender

   

male

45

5.17 ± 7.85

0.543

female

7

3.32 ± 2.27

 

Smoking

   

Nonsmokers

7

3.48 ± 5.36

0.584

Current smokers

45

5.14 ± 7.65

 

Drinking

   

drinker

37

5.54 ± 8.31

0.346

nondrinker

15

3.39 ± 4.08

 

Differentiation

   

well

15

3.06 ± 2.25

0.251

Moderate

29

4.91 ± 8.43

 

Poor

8

8.46 ± 8.88

 

Lymph node

   

Negative

34

2.93 ± 3.72

0.006*

Positive

18

8.67 ± 10.63

 

Tumor depth (pT)

   

T1

9

2.52 ± 2.17

0.226

T2

15

3.37 ± 5.95

 

T3

15

4.97 ± 5.77

 

T4

13

8.31 ± 11.29

 

Clinical stage

   

I

6

2.04 ± 1.67

0.011*

II

12

1.88 ± 1.67

 

III

31

5.54 ± 6.6

 

IV

3

16.44 ± 20.48

 
  1. One-way ANOVO was used to analyze the correlation between the expression of miR-23a and clinicopathological features of the patients. *indicates P <0.05.