Table 1. Correlations between LINC00959 expression and CRC patient clinicopathologic features.

	N	LINC00959 expression		χ2	P-value
		Low	High
Age (years)				0.087	0.768
≤60	48	37	11
>60	39	29	10
Gender				0.001	0.972
Male	50	38	12
Female	37	28	9
Tumor size (cm)				1.149	0.284
≤5	45	32	13
>5	42	34	8
Tumor location				0.384	0.535
Rectum	34	27	7
Colon	53	39	14
TNM stage				8.665	0.003
I/II	38	23	15
III/IV	49	43	6
Lymphatic metastasis				4.771	0.029
No	40	26	14
Yes	47	40	7
Distant metastasis				4.807	0.028
No	74	53	21
Yes	13	13	0
Vessel invasion				2.423	0.120
No	63	45	18
Yes	24	21	3