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. 2021 Dec 15;13(12):13406–13422.

Table 2.

Effect of expression levels of CDKN2B-AS1 on the clinical characteristics of patients with NPC (n=38)

Characteristic Case (n=38) CDKN2B-AS1 low expression (n=7) CDKN2B-AS1 high expression (n=31) P
Gender
    Male 21 5 16 0.4267
    Female 17 2 15
Age (years old)
    <55 25 8 17 0.2955
    ≥55 13 3 10
TNM stage
    I-II 18 6 12 0.0381
    III-IV 20 1 19
EA-IgA positive
    <1:10 15 2 13 0.6807
    ≥1:10 23 5 18
VCA-IgA positive
    <1:80 7 45 2 0.0008
    ≥1:80 31 2 29
Pathological type
    Non-keratinizing 33 5 28 0.2227
    Keratinizing 5 2 3
Lymphatic metastasis
    No 12 6 6 0.0020
    Yes 26 1 25

Note: CDKN2B-AS1: CDKN2B antisense RNA 1; NPC: nasopharyngeal carcinoma; TNM: tumor metastasis.