Table 2 Summary of fluorescent miR-211 intensity for each diagnostic group

From: microRNA in situ hybridization for miR-211 detection as an ancillary test in melanoma diagnosis

Diagnostic group

n

miR-211 intensity, mean±s.d.

Median

Min

Max

Interquartile range

P-value

Common nevus

32

60.7±18.0

61.1

17.5

111.9

17.7

<0.0001a

Primary cutaneous melanoma

21

31.7±20.4

30.1

8.8

90.8

12.2

 

Spitz nevus

11

51.4±27.2

41.0

20.2

100.3

29.5

0.4373

Atypical Spitz tumor

17

42.2±15.1

44.3

11.1

62.5

25.5

 

Spitzoid melanoma

7

51.8±16.2

57.8

22.7

70.7

21.0

 
  1. aThe difference between two diagnostic groups was assessed using two-group t-test and non-parametric alternative (Mann–Whitney test) and the results were consistent.
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