Table I.

Association between clinicopathological features and TUG1 expression levels in plasma.

		TUG1 expression
Clinicopathological features	N	High	Low	P-value
Sex				0.53
Male	22	12	10
Female	18	8	10
Age (years)				0.11
>40	21	13	8
≤40	19	7	12
Drinking				0.17
Yes	28	16	12
No	12	4	8
Smoking				1.00
Yes	24	12	12
No	16	8	8
Metastasis				<0.001
Yes	26	19	7
No	14	1	13

TUG1, taurine-upregulated gene 1.