Table 1.

Correlation of the lncRNA MELTF-AS1 expression with clinical characteristics in NSCLC

Parameters	Patients (n = 130)	lncRNA MELTF-AS1 expression		P
		Low (n = 61)	High (n = 69)
Age				0.991
≤ 60	64	30	34
> 60	66	31	35
Gender				0.886
Male	78	37	41
Female	52	24	28
Tumor size				0.081
≤ 5 cm	64	35	29
> 5 cm	66	26	40
Smoking status				0.701
Nonsmoker	62	28	34
Smoker	68	33	35
Differentiation				0.129
Well, Moderate	74	39	35
Poor	56	22	34
Lymph node metastasis				0.006
Negative	82	46	36
Positive	48	15	33
TNM stage				0.003
I, II	90	50	40
III, IV	40	11	29

Annotation: NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer.