Table 1.

Difference in the LINC00662 expression in TSCC patients grouped by clinicopathological characteristics

Clinicopathological characteristics	Number of patients	Expression of LINC00662a	P-value
Gender			0.599
Male	28	2.450±0.2383
Female	33	2.272±0.2372
Age (year)			0.979
<58	35	2.357±0.2413
≥58	26	2.348±0.2277
Grade			0.002
I/II	32	1.878±0.1771
III/IV	29	2.879±0.2637
Tumor size			0.007
≤5 cm	30	1.901±0.1693
>5 cm	31	2.792±0.2480
Lymph node metastasis			<0.001
Yes	29	2.953±0.2573
No	32	1.810±0.1715

Notes:

^aThe relative expression of LINC00662 was calculated using the 2^−ΔΔCq method and was shown as mean ± SD. Bold P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.