Table 1 Associations between miR-211 expression levels and clinicopathologic features of HCC patients.

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: MiRNA-211 suppresses cell proliferation, migration and invasion by targeting SPARC in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Clinicopathologic Variables

n

Low

High

P

(n = 117)

(n = 110)

Sex

 Female

29

12(5%)

17(7%)

0.320

 Male

198

105(46%)

93(41%)

 

Age, y

 ≤50

99

53(23%)

46(20%)

0.688

 >50

128

64(28%)

64(28%)

 

Preoperative AFP(ng/mL)

 ≤20

88

46(20%)

42(19%)

0.892

 >20

139

71(35%)

68(30%)

 

Liver cirrhosis

 No

71

32(14%)

39(17%)

0.200

 Yes

156

85(37%)

71(32%)

 

ALT(units/L)

 ≤75

158

74(32%)

84(37%)

0.274

 >75

69

33(15%)

36(16%)

 

Tumor size(cm)

 ≤5

143

81(36%)

62(27%)

0.168

 >5

84

39(17%)

45(20%)

 

Tumor number

 Single

144

78(34%)

66(29%)

0.335

 Multiple

83

39(17%)

44(20%)

 

Vein invasion

 No

180

94(41%)

86(38%)

0.0028

 Yes

47

36(16%)

11(5%)

 

TNM stage

 I–II

138

58(25%)

80(36%)

0.0004

 III–IV

89

59(26%)

30(13%)

 
  1. All analyses were conducted on 227 cases using χ2 tests. Median value of all 227 cases was chosen as the cut-off point for distinguishing miR-211 low-expression tumors from miR-211 high-expression cases.