Hypoxia-inducible microRNA-224 promotes the cell growth, migration and invasion by directly targeting RASSF8 in gastric cancer

Table 1 The relationship between miR-224 level and the clinicopathological features of 29 gastric cancer patients

Categories	Number of patients (n = 29)	Relative miR-224 level	P value
Age (year)
< 60	15	0.37 ± 0.08	0.230
>= 60	14	0.32 ± 0.11	0.230
Gender
Male	14	0.36 ± 0.10	0.403
Female	15	0.34 ± 0.12	0.403
Tumor size (cm)
< 5 cm	13	0.29 ± 0.10	0.015
>= 5 cm	16	0.38 ± 0.07	0.015
Depth
T1	12	0.25 ± 0.07	0.001
T2–T4	17	0.40 ± 0.07	0.001
Lymph node metastasis
Absent	13	0.25 ± 0.06	0.001
Present	16	0.42 ± 0.05	0.001
TNM stage
I, II	11	0.28 ± 0.05	0.005
III, IV	18	0.38 ± 0.11	0.005

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