Table 1.

Correlations Between Serum NEAT1 and Clinicopathological Features in CRC Patients

Variables	Total Cases (n=135)	NEAT1		P
		Low (n=67)	High (n=68)
Age				0.432
<60	61	28	33
≥60	74	39	35
Gender				0.673
Female	56	29	27
Male	79	38	41
Tumor size (cm)				0.333
<4	77	41	36
≥4	58	26	32
Lymph node metastasis				0.265
Negative	64	35	29
Positive	71	32	39
Distant metastasis				0.002
Negative	85	51	34
Positive	50	16	34
TNM stage				0.001
I–II	62	40	22
III–IV	73	27	46
Histological grade				0.139
Well/moderate	74	41	33
Poor	61	26	35

Abbreviation: TNM, tumor-node-metastasis.