Table 1.

Correlations between expression levels of MAFG-AS1 and patients’ clinical data

Items	Groups	Cases	High-expression	Low-expression	χ2	p value
Gender	Male	42	20	22	0.26	0.61
	Female	24	13	11
Age (years)	> 55	32	14	18	0.97	0.32
	≤ 55	34	19	15
Clinical Stage	I	5	2	3	1.05	0.79
	II	15	8	7
	III	23	10	13
	IV	23	13	10
Tumor diameter (cm)	>  = 3	36	17	19	0.24	0.62
	< 3	30	16	14
Multiplicity	Single	45	20	25	1.74	0.19
	Multiple	21	13	8
Smoking	Yes	36	17	19	0.13	0.72
	No	30	16	15
Drinking	Yes	44	20	24	1.09	0.30
	No	22	13	9