Table 1 Correlation of Ran expression with patient clinicopathological variables in CRC tissues.

From: Regulation of the small GTPase Ran by miR-802 modulates proliferation and metastasis in colorectal cancer cells

Variables

All cases (n = 45)

Expression of Ran

P values

+

++

+++

Gender

     

0.669

  Female

17

1

5

8

3

 

  Male

28

1

11

12

4

 

Age (years)

     

0.118

  ≤65

32

2

13

13

4

 

  >65

13

0

3

7

3

 

Tumour size (cm)

     

0.040

  ≤5

25

1

6

12

6

 

  >5

20

1

10

8

1

 

Differentiation

     

0.023

  High

5

1

3

1

0

 

  Moderate

30

1

11

15

3

 

  Poor

10

0

2

4

4

 

Metastasis

     

0.016

  No

17

2

9

4

2

 

  Yes

28

0

7

16

5