Table I.
Association between SNHG4 expression and clinical characteristics.
| Relative SNHG4 expression, n | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Low (n=27) | High (n=26) | χ2 | P-value |
| Age, years | 0.573 | 0.449 | ||
| ≥60 | 16 | 18 | ||
| <60 | 11 | 8 | ||
| Sex | 0.172 | 0.678 | ||
| Male | 14 | 12 | ||
| Female | 13 | 14 | ||
| Histological differentiation | 3.627 | 0.163 | ||
| Well | 9 | 2 | ||
| Moderate | 11 | 10 | ||
| Poor | 7 | 14 | ||
| Borrmann type | 2.051 | 0.359 | ||
| Early stage | 5 | 2 | ||
| I+II type | 9 | 7 | ||
| III+IV type | 13 | 17 | ||
| Tumor location | 1.672 | 0.433 | ||
| Upper stomach | 6 | 5 | ||
| Middle stomach | 9 | 10 | ||
| Lower stomach | 7 | 5 | ||
| Mixed | 5 | 6 | ||
| Lymph node metastasis | 8.578 | 0.003 | ||
| Yes | 10 | 20 | ||
| No | 17 | 6 | ||
| Tumor invasion (AJCC) | 8.312 | 0.004 | ||
| Tis-T2 | 19 | 8 | ||
| T3-T4 | 8 | 18 | ||
| TNM stage (AJCC) | 13.746 | <0.001 | ||
| I–II | 21 | 7 | ||
| III–IV | 6 | 19 | ||
SNHG4, small nucleolar RNA host gene 4; AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer.