Table 1.

Correlation Between DICER1-AS1 Expression and Clinical Features (n=52)

Parameters	Group	N	DICER1-AS1 Expression		P value
			Low=26	High=26
Gender	Male	30	18	12	0.092
	Female	22	8	14
Age (years)	≦60	21	10	11	0.777
	>60	31	16	15
Tumor size	≦5cm	20	14	6	0.023*
	>5cm	32	12	20
Differentiation grade	Medium/Low	29	9	20	0.002*
	High	23	17	6
Lymph node metastasis	Positive	32	14	18	0.254
	Negative	22	12	8
TNM stage	I	12	9	3	0.029*
	II	17	10	7
	III	23	7	16

Note: *Presents P < 0.05.