Table 1.

Associations between ZEB1-AS1 and clinicopathological characteristics

Parameters	Number of cases	ZEB1-AS1		P value
		Low	High
Total cases	60	30	30
Gender
Male	45	21	24	0.371
Female	15	9	6
Age
≥ 60	47	22	25	0.3472
< 60	13	8	5
Histologic grade
Low grade	23	16	7	0.0169*
High grade	37	14	23
TNM stage
I,II	41	25	16	0.0125*
III,IV	19	5	14
Lymphatic invasion
Positive	4	1	3	0.301
Negative	56	29	27
Distant metastasis
Positive	0

*P < 0.05 was considered significant