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Table 2.

The association between LncRNA HOTAIR expression and clinicopathologic features of EC patients

Clinicopathologic features	n = 58	LncRNA HOTAIR expression		P-value
Clinicopathologic features	n = 58	High (n = 35)	Low (n = 23)	P-value
Age (years)
< 50	20	12	8	0.2662
≥ 50	38	23	15	0.2662
FIGO stage
I + II	32	15	17	0.0129^*
III + IV	26	20	6	0.0129^*
Tumor size
≤ 3cm	22	11	11	0.0374^*
> 3cm	36	24	12	0.0374^*
Muscular infiltration
< 1/2	23	9	14	0.0258^*
≥ 1/2	35	26	9	0.0258^*
Lymph node metastasis
No	34	18	16	0.0183^*
Yes	24	17	7	0.0183^*
Histological grade
Well	31	19	12	0.2952
Moderately/poorly	27	16	11	0.2952

^*P < 0.05 indicates a statistically significant difference