MicroRNA-7 as a Potential Biomarker for Prognosis in Pancreatic Cancer

Table 1

The relationship between miR-7 expression and clinicopathologic characteristics in pancreatic cancer patients.

Clinicopathologic variable	miR-7		value
	Low expression	High expression
Age (y)			0.637
≤50	7	11
>50	30	52
Gender			0.855
Female	12	25
Male	25	38
Tumor size (cm)^[a]			0.645
≤2	0	2
>2	37	59
Tumor differentiation			0.015
Well/moderate	19	49
Poor	18	14
TNM stage^[b]			0.028
I+II	35	62
III+IV	2	0
Lymph node metastasis^[c]			0.930
Negative	20	31
Positive	15	24
Distant metastasis			0.011
Negative	35	63
Positive	2	0
Lymphovascular invasion			0.875
Absent	21	37
Present	16	26

Statistically significant (). ^[a]2 patients’ information missing; ^[b]1 patient’s information missing; ^[c]10 patients’ information missing.