Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and clinicopathologic features of gastric cancer patients (n = 41)

Parameter	Case	Expression of NEAT1		P value
		Lower (n = 17)	Higher (n = 24)
Age (years)
≤ 60	24	8	16	0.3349
> 60	17	9	8
Sex
Male	21	7	14	0.3499
Female	20	10	10
Lymphatic metastasis
No	17	11	6	0.0230*
Yes	24	6	18
TNM stage
I + II	19	12	7	0.0124*
III	22	5	17

*P < 0.05, Fisher’s excat test