Research Article
[Retracted] Low Expression of miR-491-3p Is Correlated with Lymph Node Metastasis in Gastric Cancer
Table 2
Demographic characteristics of the gastric cancer patients with LNM and without LNM.
| Variables | N | Non-LNM group (n = 78) | LNM group (n = 68) | P value |
| Gender | | | | | Male | 103 | 60 | 43 | | Female | 43 | 18 | 25 | 0.101 | Age (years) | | | | | ≤60 | 77 | 45 | 32 | | >60 | 69 | 33 | 36 | 0.245 | Borrmann type | | | | | I | 18 | 8 | 10 | | II | 45 | 22 | 23 | | III | 51 | 30 | 21 | | IV | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0.647 | Differentiation | | | | | High | 10 | 6 | 4 | | Moderate | 47 | 22 | 25 | | Poor | 89 | 30 | 59 | 0.132 | Tumor diameter | | | | | <3 cm | 36 | 20 | 16 | | 3 cm–5 cm | 44 | 26 | 18 | | >5 cm | 66 | 32 | 34 | 0.527 |
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Note: lymph node metastasis (LNM).
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