Table 1. Relationship between TPT1-AS1 expression and clinicopathologic features of CRC patients (n=80).
| Variable | Relative TPT1-AS1 expression | P-value | |
| Low (n=40) | High (n=40) | ||
| Age | NS | ||
| <50 | 25 | 19 | |
| >50 | 15 | 21 | |
| Gender | NS | ||
| Male | 22 | 26 | |
| Female | 18 | 14 | |
| Histological differentiation | NS | ||
| Well | 16 | 12 | |
| Moderate | 13 | 19 | |
| Poor | 11 | 9 | |
| Primary tumor sites | NS | ||
| Ascending colon | 11 | 7 | |
| Transverse colon | 7 | 5 | |
| Descending colon | 3 | 6 | |
| Sigmoid colon | 8 | 9 | |
| Rectum | 11 | 13 | |
| Tumor size | P<0.05 | ||
| <5cm | 24 | 13 | |
| >5cm | 16 | 27 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | P<0.01 | ||
| Yes | 17 | 29 | |
| No | 23 | 11 | |
| Distant metastasis | P<0.01 | ||
| Yes | 14 | 28 | |
| No | 26 | 12 | |
| Tumor stage | P<0.01 | ||
| I-II | 19 | 8 | |
| III-IV | 21 | 32 | |
Note: CRC patients were divided into TPT1-AS1 high group and low group according to the analysis of qRT-PCR detection. NS, not significant between different groups. Differences among variables were evaluated by χ2 or Fisher’s exact χ2-test.