Table 1.

The relationship between NEAT1 and clinical characteristics of HCC patients

Characteristics		N	Low NEAT1 expression (n=45)	High NEAT1 expression (n=53)	χ2	P
Gender	Male	80	37	43	0.019	0.890
	Female	18	8	10
Age (years)	< 55	55	26	29	0.093	0.761
	≥ 55	43	19	24
Tumor size (cm)	< 5	56	27	29	0.277	0.598
	≥ 5	42	18	24
HBsAg	Negative	10	5	5	0.075	0.785
	Positive	88	40	48
Liver cirrhosis	Absence	22	10	12	0.002	0.960
	Presence	76	35	41
Histological differentiation	Well	21	10	11	0.033	0.984
	Moderate	35	16	19
	Poor	42	19	23
TNM stage	I + II	46	27	19	5.699	0.017
	III + IV	52	18	34
Metastasis	No	58	31	17	7.642	0.006
	Yes	40	14	26