Correlations between serum levels of microRNA-148a-3p and microRNA-485-5p and the progression and recurrence of prostate cancer

Table 1 Clinical characteristics and perioperative data

Parameters	Non-recurrence group (n = 153)	Recurrence group (n = 45)	t/ χ²	P
Age (years)	63.8 ± 8.4	64.0 ± 8.1	0.638	0.524
BMI (kg/m²)	22.3 ± 2.4	22.5 ± 2.6	1.554	0.152
Hypertension (%)	49 (32.02)	14 (31.11)	0.095	0.763
Diabetes (%)	17 (11.11)	4 (8.89)	0.157	0.741
Smoking history (%)	84 (54.90)	19 (42.22)	3.548	0.052
The family history of PCa (%)	9 (5.88)	2 (4.44)	1.146	0.288

Data are shown as means ± SD. BMI, Body mass index; χ²/t, results of chi-square test; P-value, the result of student’s T-test. P < 0.05 is considered to be significant

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