Table 2. Relationship between clinicopathological characteristics and UCA1 and PGM5-AS1 expression (n=188).

Variable	Cases	UCA1	P-value*	PGM5-AS1	P-value*
		Median with interquartile range		Median with interquartile range
Age
<60	65	2.789 (1.474–4.634)	0.279	1.275 (0.785–1.840)	0.684
≥60	123	3.639 (1.434–4.170)		1.223 (0.780–1.778)
Gender
Male	106	2.594 (1.331–4.042)	0.441	1.117 (0.731–1.778)	0.662
Female	82	3.010 (1.566–4.580)		1.324 (0.989–1.850)
Differentiation
Well	87	2.338 (1.425–3.925)	0.208	1.218 (0.773–1.759)	0.898
Moderate+Poor	101	2.819 (1.464–4.619)		1.253 (0.803–1.840)
AJCC stage
I + II	128	2.639 (1.459–4.077)	0.904	1.137 (0.776–1.600)	0.064
III + IV	60	2.858 (1.444–4.402)		1.532 (0.844–2.014)

*P-values are based on unpaired samples t test.