Table 1 Association between UCA1 expression and clinical parameters of GC patients

From: Long noncoding RNA UCA1 induced by SP1 promotes cell proliferation via recruiting EZH2 and activating AKT pathway in gastric cancer

 

UCA1 expression

 

Clinical parameter

High group ( N =22)

Low group ( N =17)

P -value ( χ 2 -test)

Age (years)

 >60

17

10

0.226

 <60

5

7

 

Gender

 Male

14

10

0.767

 Female

8

7

 

Tumor sizes

 >5 cm

12

8

0.767

 <5 cm

10

9

 

Tumor location

 Distal

18

13

0.691

 Proximal

4

4

 

Differentiation

 Well to moderate

18

14

0.653

 Poor

4

3

 

T stage

  

0.226

 T1+T2

2

4

 

 T3+T4

20

13

 

Lymph node metastasis

 Negative

4

10

**0.008

 Positive

18

7

 

TNM stages

 I, II

3

8

*0.021

 III, IV

19

9

 
  1. Based on relative expression ratios <0.5 (twofold cutoff), the 39 clinical cases were divided into two groups: low expression (n=17) and high expression (n=22). *P<0.05, **P<0.01