Identifying a ten-microRNA signature as a superior prognosis biomarker in colon adenocarcinoma

Table 5 Correlation between risk score and clinicopathological features of COAD patients

Characteristics	N	Risk score level
Characteristics	N	Low	High	P value^a
Gender				0.063
Male	231	125	106
Female	210	95	115
Age (years)				0.318
≥68	237	113	124
<68	204	107	97
TNM stage				0.009
I and II	241	135	106
III and IV	189	82	107
T stage				0.476
T1 + T2	85	45	40
T3 + T4	355	174	181
N stage				0.003
N0 + 1	361	192	169
N2	80	29	51
M stage				0.054
M0	320	165	155
M1	65	25	40
Cancer status				0.364
Tumor free	197	104	93
With tumor	195	94	101
Race				0.917
Non-white	71	35	36
White	212	103	109
Lymphatic invasion				0.001
No	243	137	106
Yes	156	62	94
Microsatallite instability				0.206
No	80	42	38
Yes	11	8	3
History colon polyps				0.899
No	243	126	117
Yes	129	66	63

ISSN: 1475-2867