Table 3.
Correlation between expression of lncRNA H19 and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with gastric cancer
| Characteristics | Cases (n) | H19 | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High (n) | Low (n) | |||
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤60 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0.569 |
| >60 | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0.564 |
| Female | 30 | 14 | 16 | |
| Smoking history | ||||
| Yes | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0.771 |
| No | 31 | 16 | 15 | |
| Drinking history | ||||
| Yes | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0.777 |
| No | 25 | 13 | 12 | |
| TNM stage | ||||
| Ⅰ-Ⅱ | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0.012* |
| Ⅲ-Ⅳ | 36 | 22 | 14 | |
| Primary tumor | ||||
| T1-T2 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0.015* |
| T3-T4 | 34 | 21 | 13 | |
| Lymph nodes | ||||
| N0-N1 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0.018* |
| N2-N3 | 32 | 20 | 12 | |
| Differentiation | ||||
| Poor | 23 | 13 | 10 | 0.395 |
| High/moderate | 27 | 12 | 15 | |