Table 1. The association between LINC00472 and clinicopathological characteristics of patients with triple-negative breast cancer.

Clinicopathological characteristics	n	LINC00472 expression
		Low expression	High expression	p
		(n = 18)	(n = 24)
Age (year)				0.367
> 60	22	11	11
≤ 60	20	7	13
Tissue differentiation				0.015
Poor	22	14	8
Moderate	17	3	14
Well	3	1	2
Clinical grading				0.013
Ι + II	19	4	15
III	23	14	9
Lymph node metastasis				0.012
No	24	6	18
Yes	18	12	6
Ki-67 (%)				0.011
< 15 %	22	5	17
≥ 15 %	20	13	7

Note: The data were measurement data, expressed as the number of cases and tested by chi-square test. p < 0.05 was indicative of significant difference.