lncRNA SSTR5-AS1 Predicts Poor Prognosis and Contributes to the Progression of Esophageal Cancer

Table 1

The association between SSTR5-AS1 expression and characteristics of patients suffering from ESCA.

Clinicopathological features	No. of cases	SSTR5-AS1 expression		value
		High	Low
Gender				0.653
Male	23	10	13
Female	139	71	68
Age				0.209
≤60	93	46	37
>60	79	35	44
Histologic grade				0.061
G1	16	13	3
G2	66	32	34
G3	44	24	20
Pathologic stage				0.321
Stage I	16	6	10
Stage II	69	40	29
Stage III	49	23	26
Stage IV	8	3	5