Table 1.

Correlation between DLX6-AS1 expression and clinical characteristics

Variable	DLX6-AS1 expression		p value
	Low (n = 16)	High (n = 20)
Age
< 2.5	9	12	0.723
≥ 2.5	7	8
Gender
Male	10	11	0.662
Female	6	9
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	5	14	0.038
No	11	6
INSS stage
1–2	7	5	0.025
3–4S	9	15
Differentiation
Well	10	5	0.019
Moderate-poor	6	15

p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant