Table 1.

TUG1 (taurine upregulated gene 1) expression and clinicopathologic factors (n = 120)

Characteristics	All cases	TUG1 expression levels
		Tumor high expression	Tumor low expression	P value
Age				0.512
<60	61	38	23
≥60	59	33	26
Gender				0.761
Male	80	60	20
Female	40	29	11
Grade				0.027*
Well and moderately	86	14	72
Poorly differentiated	34	20	14
Depth of tumor				0.034*
m, sm, mp	30	27	3
ss, se, si	90	65	25
Lymph node-metastasis				0.013*
Negative	70	23	47
Positive	50	35	15
Liver metastasis
Negative	95	25	70	0.01*
Positive	25	18	7
Dukes’ stage
A and B	69	50	19	0.234
C and D	51	36	15

Tumor high expression, the relative expression level of TUG1 is fivefold than para-carcinoma tissue. Tumor low expression, the relative expression level of TUG1 is less than fivefold than para-carcinoma tissue

*Difference is statistically significant