Overexpression of lncRNA HOXA11-AS promotes cell epithelial–mesenchymal transition by repressing miR-200b in non-small cell lung cancer

Table 1 The association between lncRNA HOXA11-AS expression and clinicopathologic factors in NSCLC patients

Clinicopathologic factors	Patients number	LncRNA HOXA11-AS expression		P-value
Clinicopathologic factors	Patients number	Lower (n = 40)	Higher (38)	P-value
Sex				0.380
Male	47	26	21
Female	31	14	17
Age				0.621
≤60	45	22	23
>60	33	18	15
Smoking index				0.718
Yes	49	24	25
No	29	16	13
Tumor size (cm)				0.500
<3	40	22	18
>3	38	18	20
Histological differentiation				0.233
High and moderate	32	19	13
Lower	46	21	25
Histology				0.816
Squamous carcinoma	35	18	17
Adenocarcinoma	33	16	17
Other type	10	6	4
Lymph node metastasis				0.011**
Negative	34	23	11
Positive	44	17	27
TNM stage				0.007**
I–II	43	28	15
III	35	12	23

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