Table 1. Correlation between lncRNA XIST expression and clinicopathological characteristics of bladder cancer patients.

Parameters	XIST expression		P value
	High (n=32)	Low (n=20)
Age (years)			0.540
> 60	18	12
≤ 60	14	8
Gender			0.658
Male	20	13
Female	12	7
TNM stage			0.012*
T1/T2	19	15
T3/T4	13	5
Tumor size (cm)			0.028*
> 3	24	11
≤ 3	8	9
Histological grade			0.036*
High	22	10
Low	10	10
Lymph node metastasis			0.042*
Negative	18	18
Positive	14	2
Multiplicity			0.425
Single	17	12
Multiple	15	8

*P<0.05 was considered significant (Chi-square test between two groups).