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ESCC患者血清中lncRNA表达水平与临床病理特征之间的关系

Correlation between serum TUSC7 level and clinicopathological characteristics of ESCC patients

Variable	n	LncRNA TUSC7 subgroup		P
		Low (30)	High (30)
Age (year)
≤60	41	20 (66.7%)	21 (70%)	0.781
> 60	19	10 (33.3%)	9 (30%)
Gender
Male	40	21 (70%)	19 (63.3%)	0.583
Female	20	9 (30%)	11 (36.7%)
Smoking status
Never	18	8 (26.7%)	10 (33.3%)	0.573
Ever/current	42	22 (73.3%)	20 (66.7%)
Alcohol consumption
Never	11	5 (16.6%)	6 (20%)	0.738
Ever/current	49	25 (83.4%)	24 (80%)
Eating habits
Hot	33	16 (53.3%)	17 (56.7%)	0.792
Cold	27	14 (46.7%)	13 (43.4%)
Tumor location				0.602
Upper/middle esophagus	26	12 (40%)	14 (46.7%)
Lower esophagus	34	18 (60%)	16 (53.3%)
Tumor stage				0.04
Ⅰ-Ⅱ	43	18 (60%)	25 (83.3%)
Ⅲ-Ⅳ	17	12 (40%)	5 (17.7%)
T status				0.001
T1/2	20	4 (13.3%)	16 (53.3%)
T3/4	40	26 (86.7%)	14 (46.7%)
Lymph node metastasis				0.001
N0	29	23 (76.6%)	6 (20%)
N1-N3	31	7 (23.4%)	24 (80%)