Table 3. Expression of LncRNA and BDH2 in ESCC cases.

Parameter	n	LncRNA		BDH2
		Expression level	P value	Expression level	P value
Gender
Male	39	0.53±0.179	0.611	0.23±0.068	0.390
Female	21	0.51±0.118		0.24±0.053
Age(years)
<60	21	0.49±0.171	0.297	0.23±0.066	0.941
≥60	39	0.54±0.153		0.23±0.63
Location
Low	13	0.43±0.183	0.022*	0.23±0.066	0.609
Middle	47	0.54±0.145		0.24±0.062
Differentiation
Well	17	0.50±0.181	0.760	0.24±0.071	0.799
Moderate	32	0.52±0.135		0.23±0.060
Poor	11	0.55±0.199		0.24±0.064
TNM stage
I	17	0.43±0.095	0.017*	0.20±0.045	0.024*
II	30	0.52±0.163		0.24±0.069
III	13	0.57±0.181		0.26±0.061
Lymph node metastasis
Negative	40	0.51±0.161	0.430	0.23±0.063	0.977
Positive	20	0.54±0.158		0.23±0.065

^*Indicated statistical significance (P<0.05)