Table 2.

Relationship between expression of UCA1 and clinicopathological characteristics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Clinicopathological characteristic	Case	UCA1 expression	t/F	P
Age (years)			1.00	0.323
≤ 50	43	4.39 ± 0.34
> 50	25	4.44 ± 0.29
Gender			1.67	0.100
Male	40	4.46 ± 0.32
Female	28	4.33 ± 0.31
T stage			1.29	0.202
T1 + T2	35	4.36 ± 0.31
T3 + T4	33	4.46 ± 0.33
Clinical stage			2.44	0.018
Ⅰ + Ⅱ	24	4.29 ± 0.32
Ⅲ + IV	44	4.48 ± 0.30
Lymph node metastasis			2.92	0.005
With	41	4.50 ± 0.30
Without	27	4.28 ± 0.31

Note: The date were analyzed by the unpaired t test.