Clinical Significance of miR-149 in the Survival of Patients with Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

Analysis of miRNA-149 expression in LC patients.

		Case ()	miR-149 level (mean ± SD)	value
Age (year)	<60	46	1.57 ± 0.82	0.479
	≥60	51	1.29 ± 0.74
Smoking (cigarette/day)	1–20	25	1.62 ± 0.68	0.119
	≥20	36	1.32 ± 0.76
Drinking (g/day)	<50	45	1.51 ± 1.02	0.053
	≥50	52	1.13 ± 0.89
Stages	1-2	59	2.37 ± 1.49	0.022
	3-4	38	0.77 ± 0.78
Lymph node metastasis	None	69	2.45 ± 1.52	0.018
	Yes	28	1.18 ± 1.38
Pathological differentiation	High	23	0.68 ± 0.74	0.036
	Middle	49	1.23 ± 0.87
	Low	25	2.48 ± 1.22