Long non-coding RNA XLOC_000647 suppresses progression of pancreatic cancer and decreases epithelial-mesenchymal transition-induced cell invasion by down-regulating NLRP3

Table 1 Correlation between XLOC_000647 expression and clinicopathologics of PC patients^a

Characteristics	N of cases	XLOC_000647 level		P-value
Characteristics	N of cases	Low	High	P-value
Total cases	48	24	24
Gender				0.365
Male	31	17	14
Female	17	7	10
Age				0.763
< 60	17	9	8
≥ 60	31	15	16
TNM stage(AJCC)^b				0.003^**
I	19	4	15
II	18	11	7
III	11	9	2
T stage				0.454
T1	11	4	7
T2	30	15	15
T3	5	4	1
T4	2	1	1
Lymph node metastasis				0.003^**
N0	23	6	17
N1	16	10	6
N2	9	8	1

Abbreviations: N of cases number of cases, TNM Tumor node metastasis, T stage Tumor stage
^aChi-square test, ^**P < 0.01
^bAmerican Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), patients were staged in accordance with the 8th Edition of the AJCC Cancers’ TNM Classification

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