Table 1.

Correlation between lncRNA NEAT1 expression and clinicopathological features in lung cancer patients

Characteristics		NEAT1 expression		p-value
		HIGH	LOW
Age (years)	<  50	27	21	0.228
	≥ 50	15	20
Gender	female	13	15	0.587
	male	29	26
Tumor size(cm)	<  5	22	29	0.086
	≥ 5	20	12
Histology	Adenoma	23	18	0.322
	Squamous	19	23
Differentiation	Moderate-Poor	28	20	0.099
	Well	14	21
TNM stage	I	5	9	0.031
	II	8	17
	III	18	10
	IV	11	5
Lymph node metastasis	Absence	10	16	0.135
	Presence	32	25