Table 1.
Parameter | Case | NNT-AS1 Expression | P valuea | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Low (n=15) | High (n=16) | |||
Age (years) | 0.376 | |||
≤60 | 14 | 8 | 6 | |
>60 | 17 | 7 | 10 | |
Gender | 0.372 | |||
Female | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
Male | 21 | 9 | 12 | |
Tumor size | ||||
≤5 cm | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0.0006* |
>5 cm | 16 | 3 | 13 | |
TNM stages | 0.007* | |||
I–II | 13 | 10 | 3 | |
III–IV | 18 | 5 | 13 | |
Lymphatic metastasis | 0.002* | |||
Negative | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
Positive | 19 | 5 | 14 | |
Vascular invasion | 0.611 | |||
Absent | 11 | 6 | 5 | |
Present | 20 | 9 | 11 | |
Distant metastasis | 0.002* | |||
M0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | |
M1 | 15 | 3 | 12 |
Notes: *P < 0.05; aChi-square test.
Abbreviation: TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.