Table 1.
Features | Number | LINC00978 expression | Mean ± SD | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
High | Low | ||||
Gender | |||||
Male | 52 | 39 | 13 | 3.31 ± 2.50 | 0.210 |
Female | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3.29 ± 2.65 | |
Age, years | |||||
60 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3.55 ± 2.56 | 1.000 |
≥60 | 59 | 42 | 17 | 3.25 ± 2.54 | |
Tumour size (cm) | |||||
<5 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 3.78 ± 2.75 | 0.020 |
≥5 | 36 | 30 | 6 | 2.83 ± 2.12 | |
Differentiationa | |||||
Moderate | 32 | 25 | 7 | 3.01 ± 2.53 | 0.173 |
Poor | 38 | 24 | 14 | 3.54 ± 2.58 | |
Lymphatic metastasis | |||||
N0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3.54 ± 2.57 | 0.009 |
N1‐3 | 53 | 42 | 11 | 3.22 ± 2.53 | |
Venous or perineural invasion | |||||
Absent | 47 | 32 | 15 | 3.51 ± 2.43 | 0.482 |
Present | 25 | 19 | 6 | 2.91 ± 2.70 | |
Invasion depth | |||||
T1 and T2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4.27 ± 3.96 | 0.202 |
T3 and T4 | 69 | 50 | 19 | 3.26 ± 2.48 | |
TNM stage | |||||
I and II | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3.86 ± 2.70 | 0.009 |
III and IV | 53 | 42 | 11 | 3.10 ± 2.46 | |
Tumour location | |||||
Antrum | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4.11 ± 2.42 | 0.195 |
Body | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2.08 ± 1.91 | |
Angulus | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3.39 ± 2.72 | |
Cardia | 24 | 17 | 7 | 3.33 ± 2.69 | |
Others | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2.85 ± 2.48 |
Missing 2 cases.
TNM, tumour‐node‐metastasis.