Table 2.

Linkage of lncRNA MALAT1 and miR-197-3p expression with clinical characteristics of non-small cell lung cancer patients.

Characteristics N = 326	LncRNA MALAT1 expression			miR-197-3p expression
	Low	High	P value	Low	High	P value
Age (years)
>60	54	149	0.253	81	122	0.181
≤60	40	83		40	83
Gender
Male	66	161	0.885	79	148	0.19
Female	28	71		42	57
Smoking
Yes	66	124	0.005	59	131	0.007
No	28	108		62	74
Tumor size
>3 cm	60	197	<0.001	85	172	0.004
≤3 cm	34	35		36	33
Histology grade
Poorly and unknown	14	63	0.018	17	60	0.002
Well and moderate	80	169		104	145
Histological type
Adenocarcinoma	48	134	0.270	60	122	0.217
Squamous cell carcinoma	30	73		44	59
Others	16	25		17	24
TNM stage
III–IV	53	166	0.008	49	170	<0.001
I–II	41	66		72	35
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	44	84	0.076	35	93	0.003
No	50	148		86	112