Table 1. Correlation between KTN1-AS1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of NSCLC patients.

Clinicopathological features	No. of cases	KTN1-AS1 expression		p value
		Low	High
Age (years)				0.548
< 55	58	30	28
≥ 55	69	32	37
Sex				0.313
Male	70	37	33
Female	57	25	32
History of smoking				0.560
Ever	75	35	40
Never	52	27	25
Tumor size				0.209
≤ 3 cm	79	42	37
> 3 cm	48	20	28
TNM stage				0.029
I/II	80	45	35
III/IV	47	17	30
Histological grade				0.012
Well and moderately	76	44	32
Poorly	51	18	33
Lymph node metastasis				0.020
Negative	88	49	39
Positive	39	13	26