Table I.
Association between XIST expression and clinicopathological characteristics in bladder cancer.
| XIST expression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Cases (n=52) | High (n=19) | Low (n=33) | P-value |
| Age (years) | 0.546 | |||
| <55 | 18 | 8 | 10 | |
| ≥55 | 34 | 11 | 23 | |
| Sex | 0.558 | |||
| Male | 32 | 13 | 19 | |
| Female | 20 | 6 | 14 | |
| Degree of differentiation | 0.095 | |||
| Well/moderate | 40 | 12 | 28 | |
| Poor | 12 | 7 | 5 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | 0.001 | |||
| No | 33 | 6 | 27 | |
| Yes | 19 | 13 | 6 | |
| Distant metastasis | 0.001 | |||
| No | 46 | 13 | 33 | |
| Yes | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| TNM stage | 0.001 | |||
| I/II | 28 | 4 | 24 | |
| III/IV | 24 | 15 | 9 | |
TNM, tumour-nodes-metastasis; XIST, X inactive specific transcript.