Table 1.

Correlation between lncRNA DANCR expression and clinicopathological characteristics of pancreatic cancer patients.

Parameters	Total	DANCR expression		P value
		High (n=25)	Low (n=25)
Age (years)				0.526
<60	23	12	11
≥60	27	13	14
Gender				0.232
Male	24	14	10
Female	26	11	15
TNM stage				0.025*
I/II	35	15	20
III/IV	15	10	5
Tumor size (cm)				0.032*
<2	24	8	16
≥2	26	17	9
Distant metastasis				0.248
Negative	23	10	13
Positive	27	15	12
Lymph node metastasis				0.020*
Negative	30	11	19
Positive	20	14	6
Tumor differentiation				0.385
Well/moderate	33	16	17
Poor	17	9	8

^*P<0.05 was considered significant.