Table 2.

Associations between lncRNAs and clinicopathological parameters in CRC patients

Clinicopathological parameters	Combined P value	X2 value	Enrolled studies
Age	0.55071502	26.406427	14
Gender	0.25576268	30.290211	13
Tumor location	0.75194819	11.883670	8
Tumor size*	0.00000019	73.442684	11
differentiation	0.03842262	27.284946	8
Lymphatic metastasis*	0.00000114	88.481443	11
Distal metastasis	0.02710721	23.073642	6
TNM stage*	0.00000002	83.733916	12
Depth of invasion	0.01862524	18.368803	4
CEA level*	0.00073771	26.892954	4
CA19-9 level	0.01445876	19.075940	4

*P < 0.01.