Table 2.

Relationship between PITPNA-AS1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics.

Parameters	Group	Total	PITPNA-AS1		p-value
			expression
			High	Low
Gender	Male	53	28	25	0.787
	Female	40	20	20
Age (years)	<50	44	23	21	0.904
	≥50	49	25	24
Tumor size (cm)	<4	52	20	32	0.004
	≥4	41	28	13
Tumor differentiation	Well/Moderate	57	24	33	0.021
	Poor	36	24	12
Lymph node metastasis	Absence	65	28	37	0.012
	Presence	28	20	8
Clinical stage	I-II	58	24	34	0.011
	III-IV	35	24	11