. 2018 Sep 24;37:237. doi: 10.1186/s13046-018-0910-4

Table 1.

Clinicopathological factors and MLK7-AS1 expression in ovarian cancer patients

Characteristics		Total number	MLK7-AS1 expression				P-value
			High		Low
			n	%	n	%
Age	< 50	24	12	50	12	50	0.224
Age	≥50	21	10	47.6	11	52.4	0.224
CA199	< 40	22	13	59.1	9	40.9	0.312
CA199	≥40	23	10	43.5	13	56.5	0.312
Differentiation	Well	16	6	37.5	10	62.5	0.058
	Moderate	17	9	52.9	8	47.1
	Poor	12	5	41.7	7	58.3
Menopause	Pre-	20	8	40	12	60	0.145*
Menopause	Post-	25	13	52	12	48	0.145*
Depth of invasion	T1-T3	18	3	16.7	15	83.3	0.005*
Depth of invasion	T4	27	17	63	10	37	0.005*
Lymph node metastasis	Absent (N0)	16	5	31.2	11	68.8	< 0.001*
Lymph node metastasis	Present (N1-N3)	29	19	65.5	10	34.5	< 0.001*
Distant metastasis	Absent (M0)	15	2	13.3	13	86.7	0.023*
Distant metastasis	Present (M1)	30	24	80	6	20	0.023*
TNM stage	I-II	16	4	25	12	75	< 0.001*
TNM stage	III-IV	29	24	82.8	5	17.2	< 0.001*