Table 1.

Correlation between ANRIL expression and clinicopathologic characteristics

Clinicopathologic parameters	ANRIL expression		Number of cases	P-value
	High	Low
Age (years)
60	10	14	24	0.230
>60	14	18	32
Sex
Male	13	11	24	0.404
Female	13	19	32
Tumor diameter (cm)
≤3	11	9	20	0.024a
>3	24	12	36
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	7	11	18	0.405
No	18	21	39
TNM stage
I–II	5	16	21	0.035a
III	25	10	35
Degree of differentiation
Well and moderate	14	16	30	0.378
Poor	15	11	26

Note:

^aStatistically significant (P<0.05).

Abbreviation: TNM, tumor–node–metastasis.