Table 2.
Variables | No. cases (48) | Lnc-SNHG16 expression | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Low (n) | High (n) | |||
Age | ||||
<50 years | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0.883 |
≥ 50 years | 28 | 12 | 16 | |
Tumor size | ||||
≥5 cm | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0.025a |
<5 cm | 21 | 13 | 8 | |
TNM stage | ||||
I-II | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0.005a |
III-IV | 29 | 8 | 21 | |
Distant metastasis | ||||
No | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0.006a |
Yes | 31 | 9 | 22 | |
Lymph node metastasis | ||||
Absent | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1.000 |
Present | 32 | 14 | 18 | |
Histological grade | ||||
Well | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0.561 |
Moderately/Poorly | 26 | 10 | 16 |
aχ2 test. P-values in bold print indicate statistically significant differences.