Table 1.

Correlation of LINC00888 expression levels with clinicopathological parameters of patients with melanoma

Parameters	n	LINC00888 level	p-value
		qRT-PCR
Age (months)			0.447
<30	12	2.359±0.359
≥30	16	2.777±0.404
Gender			0.797
Female	11	2.501±0.381
Male	17	2.641±0.391
Thickness			<0.01**
<2 mm	15	1.707±0.267
>2 mm	13	3.724±0.314
AJCC stage			<0.05*
I, II	14	2.112±0.359
III, IV	14	3.318±0.375
Lymphatic metastasis			<0.05*
Yes	15	3.372±0.395
No	13	2.147±0.342

Notes: Student’s t-test;

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01.

Abbreviations: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; qRT-PCR, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction.