Table I.
Association between H19 expression and clinicopathological variables.
| Total, n=96 | H19 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | No. | High | Low | P-value |
| Sex | 0.365 | |||
| Male | 42 | 21 | 21 | |
| Female | 54 | 32 | 22 | |
| Age, years | 0.845 | |||
| ≤60 | 39 | 22 | 17 | |
| >60 | 57 | 31 | 26 | |
| T-stage | 0.646 | |||
| T1-2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | |
| T3-4 | 80 | 45 | 35 | |
| N-stage | 0.874 | |||
| N0-1 | 84 | 45 | 36 | |
| N2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | |
| M-stage | 0.020 | |||
| M0 | 77 | 38 | 39 | |
| M1 | 19 | 15 | 4 | |
| Tumor size, cm | ||||
| ≤5 | 75 | 40 | 35 | 0.485 |
| >5 | 21 | 13 | 8 | |
| Differentiation | 0.022 | |||
| Well/moderate | 83 | 42 | 41 | |
| Poor | 13 | 11 | 2 | |
| Mucin production | 0.315 | |||
| Absent | 82 | 47 | 35 | |
| Present | 14 | 6 | 8 | |
| TNM stage | 0.046 | |||
| I–II | 54 | 25 | 29 | |
| III–IV | 42 | 28 | 14 | |
P-values in italic indicate statistically significant differences. H19, long non-coding RNA-imprinted maternally expressed transcript; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.