RETRACTED ARTICLE: Inhibited MicroRNA-301 Restrains Angiogenesis and Cell Growth in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Elevating PTEN

Table 2 Relation between clinicopathological features and expression of miR-301 and PTEN in ESCC patients

Clinicopathological feature	N	Expression of miR-301		P value	PTEN mRNA expression		P value
Clinicopathological feature	N	High expression (n = 55)	Low expression (n = 55)	P value	High expression (n = 55)	Low expression (n = 55)	P value
Age (years)
> 60	84	44	40	0.501	41	43	0.823
≤ 60	26	11	15	0.501	14	12	0.823
Gender
Male	78	37	41	0.529	36	42	0.294
Female	32	18	14	0.529	19	13	0.294
TNM stage
I + II	60	20	40	< 0.001	38	22	0.004
III	50	35	15	< 0.001	17	33	0.004
LNM
No	71	27	44	0.001	38	23	0.007
Yes	39	28	11	0.001	17	32	0.007
Tumor size (cm)
≥ 5	65	35	30	0.438	29	36	0.244
< 5	45	20	25	0.438	26	19	0.244
Tumor differentiation
Moderate and high differentiation	78	35	43	0.141	44	34	0.058
Poor differentiation	32	20	12	0.141	11	21	0.058
Tumor location
Upper	13	8	5	0.556	5	8	0.556
Mid-lower	97	47	50	0.556	50	47	0.556