Table II.
Association between expression of the selected genes and clinicopathological characteristics.
| Characteristics | n | HOXC13 | HOXC13-AS | HOTAIR | HOXC10 | HOXC-AS3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 0.66 | 0.37 | 0.56 | 0.42 | 0.83 | |
| Male | 20 | |||||
| Female | 19 | |||||
| Histological grade | 0.3 | 0.57 | 0.4 | 0.07 | 0.57 | |
| ≤2 | 33 | |||||
| >2 | 6 | |||||
| Tumor size, cm | 0.078 | 0.81 | 0.74 | 0.32 | 0.66 | |
| ≤5 | 20 | |||||
| >5 | 19 | |||||
| TNM stage | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.85 | 0.06 | |
| ≤3 | 20 | |||||
| >3 | 19 | |||||
| Lymphatic invasion | 0.41 | 0.66 | 0.6 | 0.81 | 0.36 | |
| Yes | 20 | |||||
| No | 19 | |||||
| Vascular invasion | 0.53 | 0.42 | 0.83 | 0.6 | 0.15 | |
| Yes | 19 | |||||
| No | 20 |
TNM, Tumor-Node-Metastasis staging system.