Identification of deregulated miRNAs and their targets in hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Characteristics of patients (n = 18)

No.	Gender	Age (yr)	Tumor size1 (cm)	Cirrhosis	Tumor grade2	TNM stage
1	M	55	1.9	No	G3	T2N0M0
2	M	40	4.1	Macronodular	G3	T2N0M0
3	M	42	4.6	No	G3	T3N0M0
4	M	42	5.6	Micronodular	G2	T3N0M0
5	M	43	5.8	Micronodular	G1	T1N0M0
6	M	61	1.9	Micronodular	G3	T2N0M0
7	M	55	12.0	Micronodular	G2	T4N0M0
8	M	40	4.0	Macronodular	G2	T3N0M0
9	M	35	2.3	Macronodular	G1	T1N0M0
10	M	57	5.9	No	G3	T1N0M0
11	M	44	9.6	No	G2	T3N0M0
12	M	45	12.2	Micronodular	G3	T2N0M0
13	M	46	4.4	Micronodular	G3	T2N0M0
14	F	46	15.8	Micronodular	G3	T2N0M0
15	M	63	6.1	No	G3	T3N0M0
16	M	61	4.6	No	G3	T2N0M0
17	F	60	9.1	No	G3	T3N0M0
18	F	50	9.3	No	G3	T2N0M0

¹Diameter of the biggest nodule.

²G1-2: Well-differentiated; G3: Moderately-differentiated; G4: Poorly-differentiated. M: Male; F: Female; TNM: Tumor-node-metastasis.