Characteristics | All cases | TUG1 expression levels | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Tumor high expression | Tumor low expression | P value | ||
Age | Â | Â | Â | 0.512 |
 <60 | 61 | 38 | 23 |  |
 ≥60 | 59 | 33 | 26 |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 0.761 |
 Male | 80 | 60 | 20 |  |
 Female | 40 | 29 | 11 |  |
Grade | Â | Â | Â | 0.027* |
 Well and moderately | 86 | 14 | 72 |  |
 Poorly differentiated | 34 | 20 | 14 |  |
Depth of tumor | Â | Â | Â | 0.034* |
 m, sm, mp | 30 | 27 | 3 |  |
 ss, se, si | 90 | 65 | 25 |  |
Lymph node-metastasis | Â | Â | Â | 0.013* |
 Negative | 70 | 23 | 47 |  |
 Positive | 50 | 35 | 15 |  |
Liver metastasis | ||||
 Negative | 95 | 25 | 70 | 0.01* |
 Positive | 25 | 18 | 7 |  |
Dukes’ stage | ||||
 A and B | 69 | 50 | 19 | 0.234 |
 C and D | 51 | 36 | 15 |  |