Prognostic and Biological Significance of MicroRNA-127 Expression in Human Breast Cancer

Table 1

The correlations between miR-127 expression and clinicopathological factors of BC patients.

Factors	Relative miR-127 expression		P value
	High; ()	Low; ()
Age (years)			0.749
50	16	26
50	28	40
Tumor size (cm)			0.500
2.0	32	44
2.0	12	22
Differentiation grade			0.795
G1 + 2	13	18
G3	31	48
Histological type			0.352
Ductal	26	32
Lobular	18	32
ER status			0.936
Negative	17	26
Positive	27	40
PR status			0.340
Negative	20	24
Positive	24	42
HER-2 status			0.640
Negative	22	30
Positive	22	36
Lymph node metastasis
Absent	26	25
Present	18	41
Clinical stage
I + II	31	28
III	13	38

Statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). ER: estrogen receptor; PR: progesterone receptor; HER-2 c-erbB-2.