Table I.

Expression levels of H19 in esophageal cancer and corresponding adjacent tissues.

Factors	Patients, n	H19 low expression (≤median), n	H19 high expression (>median), n	P-value
Total	133	67	66
Age, years				0.536
<64	60	32	28
≥64	73	35	38
Gender				0.663
Male	65	34	31
Female	68	33	35
Histology				0.931
AC	66	33	33
SCC	67	34	33
Tumor depth				0.007
Tis, T1	65	25	40
T2, T3, T4	68	42	26
Stage				0.001
0, I	63	22	41
II, III, IV	70	45	25
Metastasis				0.000
Yes	40	30	10
No	93	37	56

AC, adenocarcinoma; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; Tis, carcinoma in situ; T, tumor stage.