Table I.

lncRNA MYU expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

		lncRNA MYU
Clinicopathological features	Number of patients	High expression	Low expression	χ2 value	P-value
Age (years)				0.169	0.681
<60	34	18	16
≥60	78	38	40
Sex				1.885	0.170
Male	71	32	39
Female	41	24	17
Histological grade				4.390	0.036
High + moderate	63	26	37
Low	49	30	19
Vascular tumour thrombus				0.728	0.393
Present	30	17	13
Absent	82	39	43
T classification				5.659	0.059
T1	29	9	20
T2	36	20	16
T3	47	27	20
Lymph node metastasis				6.196	0.013
Present	47	30	17
Absent	65	26	39
TNM stage				5.486	0.019
I/II	70	29	41
III/IV	42	27	15

Statistical analyses were performed by using Pearson's χ² test. lncRNA, long non-coding RNA; MYU, c-Myc upregulated lncRNA.