Table 1.

Relationships between lncRNA MAP3K1-2 expression and clinicopathological characteristics

Characteristic	Number of patients	lncRNA MAP3K1-2 expression		P-value
		High (n=31)	Low (n=30)
Age (years)				0.52
≥65	30	14	16
<65	31	17	14
Gender				0.29
Male	41	23	18
Female	20	8	12
Tumor size (cm)				0.006
≥5	27	19	8
<5	34	12	22
Depth of invasion				0.02
T1+T2	8	1	7
T3+T4	53	30	23
TNM stage				0.10
I+II	28	11	17
III+IV	33	20	13
Lymph node metastasis				<0.01
Present	39	26	13
Absent	22	5	17
Distant metastasis				0.03
Present	8	7	1
Absent	53	24	29

Note: Bold values represent statistical significance, P<0.05.

Abbreviation: lncRNA, long noncoding RNA.