TABLE 2.
Correlation of lnc‐GAS5 expression with comorbidities in AIS patients
| Items | Lnc‐GAS5 expression | Statistic (χ2 ) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 (n = 30) | Q2 (n = 30) | Q3 (n = 30) | Q4 (n = 30) | |||
| Hypertension, no. (%) | ||||||
| No | 6 (20.0) | 6 (20.0) | 5 (16.7) | 3 (10.0) | 1.190 | 0.275 |
| Yes | 24 (80.0) | 24 (80.0) | 25 (83.3) | 27 (90.0) | ||
| Hyperlipidemia, no. (%) | ||||||
| No | 16 (53.3) | 23 (76.7) | 12 (40.0) | 13 (43.3) | 2.656 | 0.103 |
| Yes | 14 (46.7) | 7 (23.3) | 18 (60.0) | 17 (56.7) | ||
| Hyperuricemia, no. (%) | ||||||
| No | 19 (63.3) | 17 (56.7) | 18 (60.0) | 17 (56.7) | 0.171 | 0.679 |
| Yes | 11 (36.7) | 13 (43.3) | 12 (40.0) | 13 (43.3) | ||
| Diabetes mellitus, no. (%) | ||||||
| No | 26 (86.7) | 25 (83.3) | 19 (63.3) | 21 (70.0) | 3.977 | 0.046 |
| Yes | 4 (13.3) | 5 (16.7) | 11 (36.7) | 9 (30.0) | ||
| CKD, no. (%) | ||||||
| No | 24 (80.0) | 28 (93.3) | 27 (90.0) | 20 (66.7) | 1.935 | 0.164 |
| Yes | 6 (20.0) | 2 (6.7) | 3 (10.0) | 10 (33.3) | ||
Abbreviations: AIS, acute ischemic stroke; CKD, chronic kidney disease; Lnc‐GAS5, long non‐coding RNA growth arrest‐specific transcript 5; Q1, quartile 1.