LncRNA MSC-AS1 Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression by Regulating miR-325/TRIM14 Axis

Table 1

Correlation between the expression level of MSC-AS1 and clinical characteristics of CRC patients (n = 46).

Clinical characteristics	Number of cases n = 46	MSC-AS1 expression		p value
		Low (n = 22)	High (n = 24)
Age (years)				0.619
≤60	12	5	7
>60	34	17	17
Gender				0.351
Male	26	14	12
Female	20	8	12
Tumor size				0.382
≤5 cm	24	10	14
>5 cm	22	12	10
Location				0.229
Proximal	11	7	4
Distal	35	15	20
TNM stage				0.040
I-II	18	12	6
III-IV	28	10	18
Lymph node metastasis				0.014
Absent	27	17	10
Present	19	5	14

: the difference is significant.