Table 2.

Clinicopathological parameters and HOTAIRM1 expression in colorectal cancer tissues

Clinicopathological parameters	Number (n)	Level of HOTAIRM1 (T/N)*		P
		Mean	P25–P75
Age
≤60 years	189	0.25	0.12–0.48	0.671
>60 years	218	0.21	0.08–0.59
Sex
Male	224	0.25	0.10–0.59	0.96
Female	183	0.24	0.10–0.56
Tumour localization
Colon	223	0.22	0.08–0.60	0.828
Rectum	184	0.22	0.09–0.53
Tumour size†
<5 cm	224	0.21	0.08–0.51	0.227
≥5 cm	127	0.24	0.10–0.68
TNM stage†
Early stage (I–II)	194	0.20	0.08–0.54	0.127
Advanced stage (III–IV)	162	0.25	0.11–0.60

*Level of HOTAIRM1 was determined by the expression ratio of tumour and normal tissue. ^†Total number less than 407 because of missing data.