Table 1.

Correlation between CASC15 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in melanoma patients

Characteristics	CASC15 expression		P value
	Low	High
Age			0.653
≤ 50	11	13
> 50	7	11
Gender			0.789
Male	9	13
Female	9	11
TNM stage			0.013
I–II	13	8
III	5	16
Distal metastasis			0.018
M0	11	6
M1	7	18
Lymphatic metastasis			0.006
N0	13	7
N1–N3	5	17

* P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant