Table 3.

Correlations of lncRNA MALAT1 relative expression with clinical characteristics (categorical variables)

Items	LncRNA MALAT1, median (IQR)	P value
Gender
Male	2.550 (1.618‐4.232)	0.519
Female	2.800 (1.606‐4.352)
Smoke
Yes	2.382 (1.686‐4.367)	0.289
No	2.709 (1.347‐4.185)
History of COPD
Yes	2.143 (1.649‐4.803)	0.739
No	2.693 (1.590‐4.227)
History of cardiomyopathy
Yes	2.450 (1.617‐4.152)	0.402
No	2.676 (1.585‐4.628)
History of chronic kidney failure
Yes	4.155 (1.889‐5.915)	0.127
No	2.554 (1.600‐4.230)
History of cirrhosis
Yes	1.852 (1.050‐4.412)	0.261
No	2.672 (1.663‐4.280)

Correlation analyses were determined by Wilcoxon rank sum test.

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; LncRNA, long noncoding RNA.