Research Article
Plasma-Derived Exosomal microRNA-130a Serves as a Noninvasive Biomarker for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of participants.
| | Variable | Patient (N = 184) | Control (N = 196) | value |
| | Age (years, mean ± SD) | 56.3 ± 16.4 | 55.5 ± 16.6 | 0.947 |
| | Age group (years), N (%) | | ≤60 | 82 (44.6) | 87 (44.4) | 0.972 | | > 60 | 102 (55.4) | 109 (55.6) |
| | Gender, N (%) | | Male | 125 (67.9) | 134 (68.4) | 0.928 | | Female | 59 (32.1) | 62 (31.6) |
| | Smoking habit, N (%) | | Yes | 102 (55.4) | 93 (47.4) | 0.12 | | No | 82 (44.6) | 103 (52.6) |
| | Drinking habit, N (%) | | Yes | 134 (72.8) | 149 (76) | 0.475 | | No | 50 (27.2) | 47 (24) |
| | Tumor site, N (%) | | Tongue | 83 (45.1) | | | | Nontongue | 101 (54.9) | | |
| | T-stage, N (%) | | T1 + T2 | 111 (60.3) | | | | T3 + T4 | 73 (39.7) | | |
| | N-stage, N (%) | | Positive | 69 (37.5) | | | | Negative | 115 (62.5) | | |
| | TNM stage, N (%) | | I-II | 104 (56.5) | | | | III-IV | 80 (43.5) | | |
| | Histologic grade, N (%) | | Well + moderate | 120 (65.2) | | | | Poor | 64 (34.8) | | |
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