[Retracted] Relationship between miR-338-3p and Clinicopathological Parameters, Prognosis, and STAT3 mRNA Expression in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Table 2

Comparison of STAT3 expression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissues among different clinicopathological parameters of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.

Pathological parameters	n	miR-338-3p	T value	value
Gender
Male	45	3.81 ± 0.18	0.433	0.666
Female	26	3.79 ± 0.20
Age (years)
≥30	62	3.76 ± 0.21	1.056	0.295
<30	9	3.84 ± 0.23
Histological type
Nonkeratinized	28	3.83 ± 0.18	0.214	0.831
Keratinized	43	3.84 ± 0.20
Clinical TNM staging
I∼II	30	3.74 ± 0.16	5.184	<0.001
III∼IV	41	4.01 ± 0.25
T staging
T1∼T2	22	3.80 ± 0.19	3.030	0.003
T3∼T4	49	3.97 ± 0.23
N staging
N1∼N2	18	3.79 ± 0.17	0.730	0.468
N3∼N4	53	3.83 ± 0.21
M staging
M0	61	3.81 ± 0.22	0.406	0.686
M1	10	3.84 ± 0.19
Differentiation
Medium and high differentiation	31	3.78 ± 0.18	1.745	0.085
Low, undifferentiated	40	3.86 ± 0.20
Distant metastasis
No	44	3.75 ± 0.23	2.464	0.016
Yes	27	3.88 ± 0.19