Table 1.

Associations Between Expression Levels of NLIPMT in ESCC and Patient’s Clinical Data

Items	Groups	Cases	NLIPMT High level	NLIPMT Low level	χ2	p value
Age (years)	>55	30	14	16	0.28	0.60
	<55	28	15	13
Gender	Male	32	15	17	0.28	0.60
	Female	26	14	12
Stage	II	17	7	10	0.78	0.68
	III	20	11	9
	IV	21	11	10
Smoking	Yes	27	15	12	0.62	0.43
	No	31	14	17
Drinking	Yes	35	16	19	0.65	0.42
	No	23	13	10

Abbreviations: ESCC, esophageal squamous-cell carcinomas; NLIPMT, lncRNA NLIPMT.