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Table 2 Correlation between AFAP1-AS1 expression and clinical characteristics in patients with PC

From: Cross-talk among AFAP1-AS1, ACVR1 and microRNA-384 regulates the stemness of pancreatic cancer cells and tumorigenicity in nude mice

Characteristics

Cases

AFAP1-AS1

Positive cases (%)

χ2

p

Gender

  

0.592

0.442

 Male

39

34 (87.18)

  

 Female

36

28 (77.78)

  

Age (years)

  

0.852

0.356

  < 50

29

22 (75.86)

  

  ≥ 50

46

40 (86.96)

  

TMN stage

  

3.916

0.048

 II

42

31 (73.81)

  

 III

33

31 (93.94)

  

Lymph node metastasis

  

5.701

0.017

 Yes

37

35 (94.59)

  

 No

38

27 (71.05)

  

Tumor size (cm)

  

5.396

0.020

  < 5 cm

33

23 (69.70)

  

  ≥ 5 cm

42

39 (92.86)

  

Differentiation degree

  

0.812

0.368

 Poor

25

22 (88.00)

  

 Moderate

22

18 (81.82)

  

 High

28

22 (78.57)

  

Local infiltration

  

0.729

0.393

 Yes

34

30 (88.24)

  

 No

41

32 (78.05)

  
  1. Note: AFAP1-AS1, actin filament-associated protein 1 antisense RNA 1; PC, pancreatic cancer; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis. N = 75