TABLE 2.

Characteristics of 58 patients with PC

Characteristics	Number of patients	Expression of TP73‐AS1		χ2 value	P value
		Low	High
Age (years)
<60	39	20	19	0.078	.78
≥60	19	9	10
Gender
Male	32	17	15	0.279	.597
Female	26	12	14
TMN stage
I‐II	32	23	9	13.663	.001**
III‐IV	26	6	20
Lymph node metastasis
Negative	31	20	11	5.613	.018*
Positive	27	9	18

^* P < .05.

^** P < .01.