Table 1 Relationship between NEAT1 and clinical features of patients with colon cancer in the whole blood

Gender

Male

101

6.26

0.098

1.65

0.987

Female

90

5.38

1.65

Age (years)^a

<56

100

5.60

0.253

1.62

0.769

≥56

91

6.21

1.69

Tumor (T) stage

T1–2

26

6.16

0.287

1.46

0.476

T3–4

165

5.80

1.68

Nodal (N) status

N0

95

5.45

0.287

1.54

0.464

N1

48

6.02

1.65

N2

48

6.45

1.87

Distant metastasis (M)

M0

170

5.52

0.023*

1.63

0.532

M1

21

8.49

1.84

AJCC stage^b

I–II

94

5.45

0.144

1.55

0.374

III–IV

97

6.23

1.74

Lymphovascular invasion

No

141

5.55

0.497

1.70

0.463

Yes

50

6.67

1.52

Perineural invasion

No

163

5.55

0.549

1.67

0.701

Yes

28

7.54

1.55

Extranodal tumor deposits

No

163

5.53

0.139

1.66

0.800

Yes

28

7.66

1.58

Differentiation

G1–G2

149

5.92

0.587

1.64

0.880

G3–G4

42

5.57

1.68

Pathology

Adenocarcinoma

164

5.93

0.412

1.68

0.465

Mucinous or signet-ring carcinoma

27

5.30

1.46

Maximum size (cm)^a

<5

118

6.02

0.344

1.67

0.687

>5

73

5.48

1.58