Table 1 Correlation between serum miR-377 expression levels and clinicopathological parameters in ESCC

From: MicroRNA-377 suppresses initiation and progression of esophageal cancer by inhibiting CD133 and VEGF

Variable

n

Serum miR-377 expression a

P-value

  

Low

High

 

Age (years)

 ⩽55

20

9

11

 

 ⩾55

94

48

46

0.622

Gender

 Female

12

6

6

 

 Male

102

51

51

1.000

pT-stage

 0/1/2

66

26

40

 

 3/4

26

20

6

0.001

pN-stage

 0

53

25

28

 

 1/2/3

39

21

18

0.526

pM-stage

 0

84

38

46

 

 1

7

7

0

0.0007

Pathologic stage

 pCRb

22

6

16

 

 Othersc/I/II/III/IV

70

40

30

0.014

Pathologic stage

 pCRb/Othersc

34

11

23

 

 I/II/III/IV

58

35

23

0.009

R category

 R0

80

37

43

 

 R1

12

10

2

0.016

  1. Abbreviations: ESCC, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; miR, microRNA.
  2. aExpression level of miR-377 was categorized into 'high' and 'low using the median value as cutoff point.
  3. bPathologic complete response.
  4. cpT0 with positive lymph node(s) and/or distant metastasis.
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