Table 6 Spearman’s rank correlation between expressions of four lncRNAs, and demographic/clinical parameters, including age, sex, disease duration, age at onset and EDSS scores.

From: Significant up-regulation of lncRNAs in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder

 

Age

Sex

Disease duration

Age at onset

EDSS start

EDSS current

NEAT

0.042

0.277

0.062

0.032

−0.322*

−0.167

TUG1

0.368*

0.226

0.109

0.355*

−0.099

−0.058

PANDAR

0.351*

0.434**

0.017

0.351*

−0.194

−0.096

MEG3

0.232

0.212

−0.134

0.246

0.103

0.071

Age

 

0.039

0.415**

0.995**

0.058

0.038

Sex

  

−0.141

0.046

−0.258

−0.158

Disease duration

   

0.353*

0.115

0.187

Age onset

    

0.050

0.027

EDSS start

     

0.408**

  1. EDSS Scores were classified into 2 ranges (1–2 and greater than 2).
  2. *p < 0.05.
  3. **p < 0.001.
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