TABLE 1.
Correlations between the expression patterns of LINC00673 detected by RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and related clinicopathological parameters.
| Clinicopathological features | LINC00673 (n = 81) |
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| Low | High | χ 2 | P value | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 33 | 27 | 0.8693 | 0.3511 |
| Female | 14 | 7 | ||
| Age (years) | ||||
| ≤60 | 29 | 23 | 0.3034 | 0.5818 |
| >60 | 18 | 11 | ||
| Tumor sub-sites | ||||
| Cervical portion | 9 | 4 | 0.7984 | 0.3716 |
| Thoracic portion | 38 | 30 | ||
| Differentiation grade | ||||
| I + II | 40 | 20 | 7.096 | 0.0077** |
| III | 7 | 14 | ||
| Tumor size (maximum diameter) | ||||
| ≤5 cm | 7 | 12 | 4.573 | 0.0325* |
| >5 cm | 40 | 22 | ||
| T stage | ||||
| I + II | 19 | 5 | 6.259 | 0.0124* |
| III + IV | 28 | 19 | ||
| N stage | ||||
| 0 + I | 31 | 22 | 0.01366 | 0.9069 |
| II + III | 16 | 12 | ||
| TNM stage | ||||
| I + II | 21 | 16 | 0.04496 | 0.8321 |
| III + IV | 26 | 18 | ||
*Significant differences are shown when the P value is less than 0.05. **Significant differences are shown when the P value is less than 0.01.