Table 1. Correlation of the expression of XIST with clinicopathologic features.

Characteristics	n	Relative XIST expression		P-value
		High	Low
Age				0.921
<45 years	28	14	14
≥45 years	41	21	20
Gender				0.537
Female	31	17	14
Male	38	18	20
Tumor size				0.003
<5 cm	32	10	22
≥5 cm	37	25	12
PTBE				0.116
≥1 cm	36	15	21
<1 cm	33	20	13
WHO stage				<0.001
I + II	33	6	27
III + IV	36	29	7