Table 3. Correlation between expression level of the differentially expressed lncRNAs and clinical characteristics.

Variable

No. of case

lnc-FAM72D-3

lnc-EPC1-4

lnc-ZEB2-19

lnc-GPR89B-15

Age (year)

MEAN

R

P

MEAN

R

P

MEAN

R

P

MEAN

R

P

<35

57

2.847±0.185

0.468

0

21.842±3.410

0.165

0.02

1.68±0.217

−0.263

0

3.720±0.374

−0.266

0

≥35

123

12.075±1.076

42.430±5.82

0.77±0.057

2.638±0.148

Gender

Male

134

19.114±1.898

−0.493

0

40.992±6.441

−0.05

0.649

0.970±0.131

0.044

0.414

2.752±0.046

0.046

0.388

Female

46

4.099±0.307

63.036±0.20

1.108±0.101

32.801±5.274

AFP

<20 ng/ml

114

−0.069

0.197

0.16

0.003

−0.037

0.493

−0.118

0.027

=20–400 ng/ml

42

>400 ng/ml

24

Abbreviations: AFP, alpha fetoprotein; lnc-FAM72D-3, long non-coding RNA FAM72D-3; lnc-EPC1-4, long non-coding RNA; lnc-ZEB2-19, long non-coding RNA ZEB2-19; lnc-GPR89B-15 long non-coding RNA GPR89B-15.