Table 2.
Correlation between LINC00261 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer
| Clinical parameter | LINC00261 | Chi-squared test P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High-expression cases (n = 69) | Low-expression cases (n = 69) | ||
| Age (years) | 0.496 | ||
| <50 | 33 | 37 | |
| >50 | 36 | 32 | |
| Gender | 0.385 | ||
| Male | 39 | 44 | |
| Female | 30 | 25 | |
| Location | 0.561 | ||
| Distal | 29 | 30 | |
| Middle | 22 | 26 | |
| Proximal | 18 | 13 | |
| Size | 0.173 | ||
| >5 cm | 32 | 40 | |
| <5 cm | 37 | 29 | |
| Histologic differentiation | 0.206 | ||
| Well | 29 | 18 | |
| Moderately | 29 | 37 | |
| Poorly | 7 | 11 | |
| Undifferentiated | 4 | 3 | |
| Invasion depth | <0.001* | ||
| T1 | 29 | 5 | |
| T2 | 21 | 12 | |
| T3 | 11 | 30 | |
| T4 | 8 | 22 | |
| TNM stages | 0.013* | ||
| I | 18 | 8 | |
| II | 26 | 19 | |
| III | 17 | 33 | |
| IV | 8 | 9 | |
| Lymphatic metastasis | 0.006* | ||
| Yes | 41 | 25 | |
| No | 28 | 44 | |
| Regional lymph nodes | <0.001* | ||
| PN0 | 42 | 25 | |
| PN1 | 12 | 5 | |
| PN2 | 9 | 22 | |
| PN3 | 6 | 17 | |
| Distant metastasis | 0.796 | ||
| Yes | 8 | 9 | |
| No | 61 | 60 |
*P < 0.05