Dynamic Changes in Plasma MicroRNAs Have Potential Predictive Values in Monitoring Recurrence and Metastasis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Table 2

Patient and disease characteristics.

Characteristics	Follow-up cohort; ()	Healthy control; ()	P
Age (year)			0.748
Gender, (%)			0.965
Male	76 (74.5)	26 (74.3)
Female	26 (25.5)	9 (25.7)
T stage, (%)
T1	6 (5.9)
T2	28 (27.4)
T3	38 (37.3)
T4	30 (29.4)
N stage, (%)
N0	16 (15.7)
N1	32 (31.4)
N2	43 (42.1)
N3	11 (10.8)
M stage, (%)
M0	99 (97.1)
M1	3 (2.9)
UICC stage, (%)
I	1 (0.9)
II	22 (21.6)
III	43 (42.2)
IV	36 (35.3)