Long Noncoding RNA Expression Signatures of Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Their Prognostic Value

Table 3

The clinicopathological characteristics and their association with the expression levels of four lncRNAs (LOC84740, ENST00000498296, AL359062, and ENST00000438550) in NPC patients.

	LOC84740; ()			ENST00000498296; ()			AL359062; ()			ENST00000438550; ()
	L	H		L	H		L	H		L	H
Age (years)
<50	53	14	0.81	25	43	0.54	34	34	0.23	12	56	0.06
≥50	29	9		17	21		14	24		13	25
Gender
Male	66	15	0.15	32	49	1.00	37	44	0.82	11	70	0.00
Female	15	8		9	15		10	14		14	10
Histological type
D	2	0	0.00	0	2	0.52	1	1	1.00	1	1	0.42
U	80	23		42	62		47	57		24	80
T classification
T1-2	7	0	0.34	4	3	0.43	5	2	0.24	1	6	1.00
T3-4	75	23		38	61		43	56		24	75
N classification
N0-1	51	16	0.63	26	41	0.84	28	39	0.42	15	52	0.81
N2-3	31	7		16	23		20	19		10	29
Distant metastasis
No	73	18	0.18	36	56	0.78	44	48	0.25	24	68	0.18
Yes	9	5		6	8		4	10		1	13
Local-regional relapse
No	74	21	1.00	40	56	0.31	45	51	0.34	25	71	0.11
Yes	8	2		2	8		3	7		0	10
Disease progression
No	65	17	0.58	34	49	0.64	41	42	0.16	24	59	0.01
Yes	17	6		8	15		7	16		1	22

L: low level; H: high level; : value; D: differentiated nonkeratinized carcinoma; U: undifferentiated nonkeratinized carcinoma.