Table 5.

Correlation between the severity of AD and LncRNA-17A expression (x̅±s)

Group	Number of cases	The relative expression of LncRNA-17A	F	P
Mild	33	1.122±0.208	27.805	<0.001
Moderate	39	1.498±0.335*
Severe	18	1.907±0.462*,#

Note: Compared with mild patients;

^* P<0.05.

Compared with moderate patients;

^# P<0.05.