Table 2.

Correlation between CEBPA-AS1 expression and clinical pathological parameters of OSCC patients (n = 60).

			Relative CEBPA-AS1 expression
Parameter		Number	Low	High	P value
Gender	Male	39	18	21	0.4168
	Female	21	12	9
Age	≤50	15	8	7	0.0889
	>50	45	22	23
Smoking	Yes	25	14	11	0.8953
	No	35	19	16
Drinking	Yes	18	8	10	0.2820
	No	42	25	17
Position	Tongue	30	14	16	0.5491
	Gingiva	14	6	8
	Buccal mucosa	8	5	3
	Lip	3	1	2
	Palate	5	4	1
Differentiation	Well, moderately	44	28	18	0.0134*
	Poorly	16	4	12
T stage	T1 and T2	40	24	16	0.0677
	T3 and T4	20	7	13
N stage	N0	33	8	25	<0.0001*
	N1-N3	27	22	5
Clinical stage	I and II	31	20	11	0.0395*
	III and IV	29	11	18

Chi-square test,

^*P < 0.05.