Table 1.

The association of TUG1 expression in forty osteosarcoma patients with clinicopathologic characteristics

Characteristics	Case number	TUG1 expression		P value
		High (n = 20)	Low (n = 20)
Gender				0.204
Male	18	7	11
Female	22	13	9
Age at diagnosis				0.516
≤18	23	12	11
>18	17	8	9
Tumour size				0.011*
≤8 cm	18	5	13
>8 cm	22	15	7
Distant metastasis				0.013*
No	29	11	18
Yes	11	9	2
Anatomic location				0.376
Tibia/femur	34	18	16
Elsewhere	6	2	4
TNM stage				0.027*
I + IIA	19	6	13
II B/III	21	14	7

*P < 0.05