Table 3.
Association of lncRNA expression levels with the clinicopathological variables in patients with tongue SCC.
| OTTHUMG00000020778 | OTTHUMG00000012449 | OTTHUMT00000048112 | OTTHUMG00000002490 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 18 | 0.866 | 0.206 | 0.338 | 0.099 |
| Female | 14 | ||||
| Age | |||||
| <55 | 16 | 0.270 | 0.254 | 0.809 | 0.669 |
| >55 | 16 | ||||
| T-stage | |||||
| T1-2 | 15 | 0.246 | 0.153 | 0.766 | <0.001∗ |
| T3-4 | 17 | ||||
| Nodal stage | |||||
| Negative | 18 | 0.925 | 0.065 | 0.002∗ | 0.145 |
| Positive | 14 | ||||
| Smoker | |||||
| Yes | 17 | 0.766 | 0.628 | 0.295 | 0.526 |
| No | 15 | ||||
| Drinker | |||||
| Yes | 12 | 0.552 | 0.477 | 0.387 | 0.387 |
| No | 20 |
*P value below 0.05 was considered as statistical significance.