Table 3. Correlation of TRPM2-AS expression and the clinicopathological characteristics of NSCLC patients.

Variable	Number	TRPM2-AS level		P value
		High	Low
Age				0.467
≤60	27	14	13
>60	33	14	19
Gender				0.673
Male	36	16	20
Female	24	12	12
Smoking status				0.190
Never	29	11	18
Former Smoker	31	17	14
Tumor size				0.128
≤3 cm	32	12	20
>3 cm	28	16	12
Pleural invasion				0.121
No	30	11	19
Yes	30	17	13
Lymphatic invasion				0.245
No	36	19	17
Yes	24	9	15
Pathological stage				0.061
I	27	9	18
II–IV	33	19	14
EGFR-mutation				0.009
No	21	5	16
Yes	39	23	16

NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor.