Identifying Novel Glioma-Associated Noncoding RNAs by Their Expression Profiles

Table 1

Clinicopathological characteristics of patients in the study.

Patients’ demographics
Number of patients	64
Sex (female/male)	36/28 (1.3 : 1)
Median age at diagnosis (years) (min.–max.)	51.8 (3.9–83.1 years)
Number < 50 years	29
Number > 50 years	35
Glioma classification	Glioma subtype	WHO grade
(i) Astrocytoma (AC)	4 diffuse AC	WHO II
	6 anaplastic AC	WHO III
	4 secondary GBM	WHO IV
	31 primary GBM
(ii) Oligodendroglioma (ODG)	14 anaplastic ODG	WHO III
(iii) Oligoastrocytoma (OAC)	5 anaplastic OAC	WHO III
Tumour location
(i) Frontal or temporal	32
(ii) Other regions	16 (16 na)

na: not applicable.