Table 3.

Association between SNHG7 levels and clinicopathological variables of patients with hypopharyngeal cancer.

	SNHG7
Variable	Low expression (n = 28)	High expression (n = 45)	χ2 test p-value
Age			0.632
<60	13	18
≥60	15	27
Gender			0.625
Male	18	25
Female	10	20
Tumor size			0.033
<3 cm	18	17
≥3 cm	10	28
Differentiation			0.044
High	11	9
Moderate	8	12
Low	9	24
Lymph node metastasis			0.013
N0-1	17	14
N2-4	11	31
Distant metastasis			0.017
No	21	21
Yes	7	24
TNM stage			0.045
I–II	16	15
III–IV	12	30