Table 3.

The results of Bayesian Multilevel analysis for the association of lncRNA expression and TNM stage following adjustments for age (Stage 1 was considered as reference).

	CCAT2				GHET1				UCA1				PANDA
	Estimate	SE	P-value	95% Crl	Estimate	SE	P-value	95% Crl	Estimate	SE	P-value	95% Crl	Estimate	SE	P-value	95% Crl
Stage 2	1.82	2.9	.928	[-3.8, 7.8]	4.3	2.55	0.29	[-0.75, 9.3]	3.55	3.38	.436	[-2.8, 10.3]	3.87	2.15	.14	[-.32, 7.9]
Stage 3	-.85	2.77	.409	[-6.4, 4.5]	1.89	2.16	0.84	[-2.56, 6.15]	0.24	3.69	.764	[-7.2, 6.9]	2.14	1.97	.294	[-1.7, 5.9]
Age	-.18	0.12	.036	[-.4, .06]	-0.06	0.11	0.652	[-0.27, 0.15]	-0.09	.15	994	[-.38, .19]	0.01	0.09	.918	[-.16, 17]