Table 1.

Correlation between LINC00261 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in NSCLC patients

Characteristics	Patients	Expression of LINC00261		P-value
		High- LINC00261	Low- LINC00261
Total	60	27	33
Age (years)				0.693
≤50	25	12	13
>50	35	15	20
Gender				0.100
Male	27	9	18
Female	33	18	15
TNM stage				0.017*
I-II	32	19	13
III-IV	28	8	20
Tumor size				0.020*
<3cm	30	18	12
>3cm	30	9	21
Lymphatic metastasis				0.024*
No	26	16	10
Yes	34	11	23