Table 2.

Correlation of MFI2‐AS1 expression with demographic characteristics of included CRC patients (n = 94)

Characters	N	Relative expression
		Low	High	P‐value
Gender
Male	54	26	28	0.6765
Female	40	21	19
Age/Y
≤60	47	25	22	0.5360
>60	47	22	25
Histological grade
High	32	21	11	0.0295
Middle or low	62	26	36
T classification
T1 + T2	10	6	4	0.5035
T3 + T4	84	41	43
N classification
N0	46	28	18	0.039
N1 + N2	48	19	29
M classification
M0	84	45	39	0.045
M1	10	2	8
CEA
<5 ng/mL	65	32	33	0.823
≥5 ng/mL	29	15	14
CA 19‐9
<35 KU/L	78	38	40	0.583
≥35 KU/L	16	9	7
TNM stage
I + II	45	28	17	0.023
III + IV	49	19	30
Vascular invasion
No	58	34	24	0.034
Yes	36	13	23
Perineural invasion
No	86	43	43	0.999
Yes	8	4	4

Low, fold change lower than 0.5. High, fold change larger than 0.5 (cut‐off = 2.71).