Research Article

SNORD15B and SNORA5C: Novel Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer

Table 2

Correlations between SNORA5C expression and clinicopathological parameters.

CharacteristicsCaseSNORA5C expression#
LowHigh

Sex0.0001.000
 Female206103103
 Male224112112
Age (yr)4.1740.041
  ≤70230125105
 >7019888110
TNM stage (AJCC)0.4860.486
 Stage I/II238122116
 Stage III/IV1868997
Lymphatic invasion12.681< 0.001
 Negative236136100
 Positive1515992
Venous invasion3.6560.056
 Negative278150128
 Positive944054
History of colon polyps9.4430.002
 Negative239127112
 Positive1224478

AJCC = American Joint Committee on Cancer. #Cutoff threshold of SNORA5C expression was median value in all patients in this cohort. .