Table 1. Baseline data of patients were included in this study.

Parameters	Number<br>of cases	LncRNA FEZF1-AS1<br>expression		P-value
		Low (n=30)	High (n=20)
Age (years)				0.485
<60	22	12	10	22
≥60	28	18	10	28
Gender				0.729
Male	26	15	11	26
Female	24	15	9	24
T stage				0.018
T1-T2	30	22	8	30
T3-T4	20	8	12	20
Lymph node metastasis				0.322
No	34	22	12	34
Yes	16	8	8	16
Distance metastasis				0.033
No	37	24	13	37
Yes	13	4	9	13