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Table 2 Correlation between MALAT1/SOX9 expression and clinicopathologic characteristics in 40 cases of colorectal cancer tissues

From: The effects of lncRNA MALAT1 on proliferation, invasion and migration in colorectal cancer through regulating SOX9

Characteristics total cases

N of cases 40

MALAT1 expression

P valuea

SOX9 expression

P valuea

Low

High

Low

High

Age (years)

   

0.5092

  

0.7471

  ≤ 60

24

9

15

11

13

  > 60

16

8

8

6

10

Gender

   

0.5306

  

0.1074

 Male

15

5

10

9

6

 Female

25

12

13

8

17

AJCC stage

   

0.012*

  

0.0038**

 I

10

8

2

8

2

 II

10

5

5

4

6

 III

10

3

7

5

5

 IV

10

1

9

0

10

Tumor size

   

0.7471

  

0.1043

  ≤ 3 cm

24

11

13

13

11

  > 3 cm

16

6

10

4

12

Vascular invasion

   

0.0172*

  

0.0921

 Yes

14

2

12

3

11

 No

26

15

11

14

12

Distant metastasis

   

0.0786

  

0.0008***

 M0

29

15

14

17

12

 M1

11

2

9

0

11

  1. AJCC American joint committee on cancer
  2. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001
  3. aChi-square test
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