Table 1 Correlation between DIAPH2-AS1 expression and clinicopathologic parameters of 84 GC patients.

From: Long noncoding RNA DIAPH2-AS1 promotes neural invasion of gastric cancer via stabilizing NSUN2 to enhance the m5C modification of NTN1

Characteristic

Number of cases (n = 84)

Number of cases

P value

DIAPH2-AS1low (n = 42)

DIAPH2-AS1high (n = 42)

Age (years)

<60

20

10

10

>0.9999

≥60

64

32

32

 

Gender

Male

63

33

30

0.615

Female

21

9

12

 

Tumor size (cm)

<3

21

10

11

>0.9999

≥3

63

32

31

 

Tumor site

Proximal

36

17

19

0.826

Nonproximal

48

25

23

 

T stage

Tis-T2

21

15

6

0.042*

T3-T4

63

27

36

 

Lymph node status

Negative (N0)

37

22

15

0.187

Positive (N1–N3)

47

20

27

 

Neural invasion

Negative

38

26

12

0.004**

Positive

46

16

30

 

Tumor differentiation

Well-moderate

31

20

11

0.070

Poor-signet

53

22

31

 

Tumor stage

I–II

33

23

10

0.007**

III

51

19

32

 
  1. P < 0.05 was considered significant (X2 test). *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.
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