Table 4.

Correlation between three exosomal lncRNA levels and clinical characteristics of patients with NSCLC (n=150) [median (interquartile range)].

Categories	Cases	TBILA	p-value	AGAP2-AS1	p-value	SOX2OT	p-value
Age (years)
≤ 60	72	1.09 (0.60-1.67)	0.37	1.35 (0.75-2.75)	0.37	1.14 (0.69-2.10)	0.40
> 60	78	1.12 (0.63-1.99)		1.59 (0.92-2.71)		1.46 (0.79-3.01)
Gender
Male	96	1.15 (0.60-1.74)	0.92	1.72 (0.88-2.80)	0.17	1.30 (0.81-2.75)	0.48
Female	54	1.09 (0.56-2.35)		1.17 (0.72-2.09)		1.60 (0.45-2.65)
Tumor size (cm)
≤ 3	51	0.74 (0.51-1.73)	0.03	1.32 (0.66-2.34)	0.13	1.50 (0.88-2.75)	0.39
> 3	99	1.17 (0.78-2.25)		1.50 (0.98-3.15)		1.88 (0.78-3.09)
Lymph node metastasis
Negative	74	1.11 (0.63-1.79)	0.62	1.23 (0.65-2.22)	0.04	1.22 (0.50-1.82)	0.34
Positive	76	1.12 (0.60-2.06)		1.80 (0.98-3.35)		1.06 (0.64-2.59)
TNM stage
I+II	57	1.05 (0.70-1.48)	0.12	1.18 (0.66-1.98)	0.002	1.23 (0.86-1.91)	0.09
III+IV	93	1.30 (0.69-2.13)		1.85 (0.97-3.21)		1.61 (0.70-3.60)