Table 1.

Correlation between PXN-AS1-L expression and clinicopathological characteristics of NSCLC patients

Variables	Number	PXN-AS1-L		P value*
		Low	Higha
All cases	66	33	33
Age				0.620
≥ 60	37	20	17
< 60	29	13	16
Gender				1.000
Male	48	24	24
Female	18	9	9
Histologic subtype				1.000
Squamous cell carcinoma	30	15	15
Adenocarcinoma	36	18	18
Tumor size (cm)				0.021
≤ 3	11	9	2
> 3	55	24	31
Lymph nodes metastasis				0.003
Positive	26	7	19
Negative	40	26	14
TNM stage				0.000
I	28	23	5
II	27	10	17
III	11	0	11

^a The median expression level of PXN-AS1-L was used as the cut-off

* P value was acquired by Pearson Chi square test