Histological and Pathological Assessment of miR-204 and SOX4 Levels in Gastric Cancer Patients

Table 2

Association of miR-204 and SOX4 expression with clinicopathological parameters from gastric cancer patients.

(a)

Parameter	n	miR-204 expression
		Positive, n (%)	P value
Age (years)
≤60	19	8 (42.1)	0.433
>60	35	11 (31.4)
Gender
Male	30	8 (26.7)	0.143
Female	24	11 (45.8)
Tumor size (cm)
≤5	32	13 (40.6)	0.313
>5	22	6 (27.3)
Lymph node metastasis
No	20	12 (60.0)	0.003
Yes	34	7 (20.6)
Grade
I	3	1 (33.3)	0.803
II	28	11 (39.3)
III	23	7 (30.4)
Stage
I-II	19	10 (52.6)	0.048
III-IV	35	9 (25.7)

(b)

Parameter	n	SOX4 expression
		Positive, n (%)	P value
Age (years)
≤60	19	13 (68.4)	0.646
>60	35	26 (74.3)
Gender
Male	30	23 (76.7)	0.415
Female	24	16 (66.7)
Tumor size (cm)
≤5	32	22 (68.8)	0.492
>5	22	17 (77.3)
Lymph node metastasis
No	20	9 (45.0)	0.001
Yes	34	30 (88.2)
Grade
I	3	2 (66.7)	0.889
II	28	21 (75.0)
III	23	16 (69.6)
Stage
I-II	19	9 (47.4)	0.003
III-IV	35	30 (85.7)