Table 1 Correlation between clinicopathological factors and miR-21 expression status

From: MicroRNA-21 induces resistance to the anti-tumour effect of interferon-α/5-fluorouracil in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

 

miR-21 expression

 
 

High ( n =15)

Low ( n =15)

P -value

Age (years)a

54.2±9.3

58.1±13.4

0.3669

Gender (male/female)

13/2

14/1

>0.9999

Child-Pugh classification (A/B)

9/6

10/5

0.7048

AFP (ng ml−1) (<400/⩾400)

5/10

6/9

0.7048

PIVKA-II (mAU l−1) (<1000/⩾1000)

1/14

5/10

0.1686

Histological grade (mod/poor/undifferentiated)

0/14/1

1/12/2

0.4754

IFNAR2 status (±)

5/10

5/10

>0.9999

  1. Abbreviations: AFP=α-fetoprotein; IFNAR2=type I interferon receptor type 2; miR=microRNA; mod=moderately differentiated; PIVKA-II=protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonists-II; poor=poorly differentiated.
  2. aData are mean±s.d.
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