Decreased expression of microRNA-124 is an independent unfavorable prognostic factor for patients with breast cancer

Table 1 Correlation between miR-124 expression and characteristics of breast cancer patients

Clinicopathological factors	Cases number	miR-124 expression level		P value
		Low (n = 66)	High (n = 67)
Age
<50 years	56	21	35	0.19
≥50 years	77	45	32
Tumor size
<2.5 cm	70	27	43	0.13
≥2.5 cm	63	39	24
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	59	41	18	0.012*
No	74	25	49
TNM stage
I/II	92	35	57	0.011*
III	41	31	10
Pathological differentiation
Moderately and highly differentiated	100	45	55	0.023*
Poorly differentiated	33	21	12
ER
Positive	67	27	40	0.31
Negative	66	39	27
PR
Positive	59	25	34	0.15
Negative	74	41	33
HER2 status
Over expressed	65	29	36	0.08
Negative	68	37	31

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