To examine the relationship between miR-149 expression and clinicopathologic features, the patients were divided into two groups according to the median level of miR-149 expression; low miR-149 levels were negatively associated with AFP (P = 0.083), distant metastasis (P = 0.047), and TNM stage (P = 0.017; Table 1) but not with tumor size and histological grade. The gene discussed is AFP; the disease is neoplasm.