MicroRNA181a Is Overexpressed in T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma and Related to Chemoresistance

Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristics of 130 patients with T-cell leukemia/lymphoma.

Characteristics	High miR181a; expression; ()	Low miR181a; expression; ()	value
Age (years)
≥60	13	17	0.5328
<60	52	48
Gender
Male	42	32	0.1106
Female	23	33
Lactic dehydrogenase level (LDH)
Normal	19	23	0.5740
Above normal	46	42
Pathological subtypes
T-ALL	15	17	0.6656
T-LBL	8	8
PTCL-NOS	22	23
ALCL	6	9
AITL	14	8
International prognostic index (IPI)
Low	12	11	0.3152
Low/intermediate	23	33
Intermediate/high	20	15
High	10	6
Overall response (CR + PR)	38	50	0.0385

CR, complete remission; PR, partial remission.