Table. 1 The correlations between lncRNA-u50535 and clinicopathological characteristics in 86 CRC cases

From: The novel long noncoding RNA u50535 promotes colorectal cancer growth and metastasis by regulating CCL20

Characteristics

lncRNA-u50535

Low (n = 50)

High (n = 36)

P value

Age

0.799

   <60

25

17

   ≥60

25

19

Gender

0.424

   Female

14

13

   Male

36

23

Location

0.982

   Colon

36

26

   Rectum

14

10

Colorectal cancer

0.095

   Right side

18

7

   Left side

32

29

Depth of invasion

0.579

   T1/T2

5

5

   T3/T4

45

31

Lymph node metastasis

0.025*

   N0

38

19

   N1–2

12

17

Distant metastasis

0.624

   Absent

46

32

   Present

4

4

TNM stage

0.037*

   I/II

36

18

   III/IV

14

18

Histological grade

0.271

   Well/moderately

40

32

   Poorly

10

4

Vein/nerve invasion

0.281

   No

41

26

   Yes

9

10

Tumor size

0.690

   ≤5 cm

27

21

   >5 cm

23

15

  1. *P < 0.05. Analysis with Chi-square test in SPSS 22
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