Table 1 Relationship between miR-24 expression level and clinicopathologic variables in 63 GC patients

Gender

Male

17

21

0.799

Female

12

13

Age (years)

<60

15

18

0.923

≥60

14

16

Tumor location

Distal third

8

8

0.310

Middle third

6

13

Proximal third

15

13

WHO classification

Adenocarcinoma

25

28

0.155

Signet-ring cell carcinoma

1

5

Mucinous adenocarcinoma

3

1

Differentiation

Well, moderately

15

8

0.021

Poorly

14

26

Borrmann classification

I/II

11

12

0.828

III/IV

18

22

Local invasion

T1/T2

1

7

0.098

T3/T4

28

27

Lymph node metastasis

No

6

4

0.535

Yes

23

30

Distant metastasis

No

28

31

0.724

Yes

1

3

TNM stage

I/II

7

8

0.955

III/IV

22

26