Table 1.

Correlation between lncRNA AFAP1-AS1 expression and clinicopathological features of pancreatic cancer patients.

Feature	Total n = 63	LncRNA AFAP1-AS1		P value
		High No. cases	Low No. cases
Gender				0.7666
Male	30	18	12
Female	33	21	12
Age at presentaion (years)				0.2278
≤ 60	23	12	11
> 60	40	27	13
Tumor number				0.0987
Single	21	10	11
Multiple	42	29	13
T classification				0.0961
T1-2	14	6	8
T3-4	49	33	16
Clinical stage				0.0119*
Early stages (≤ IIa)	22	9	13
Advanced stages (> IIa)	41	30	11
Differentiation				0.2557
Well and moderate	31	17	14
Poorly	32	22	10
Tumor size (cm)				0.0176*
≤ 2	25	11	14
> 2	38	28	10
Lymph node metastasis
No	29	13	16	0.0099**
Yes	34	26	8
Distant metastasis
Absent	49	28	21	0.1454
Present	14	11	3

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01