Knockdown of Long Noncoding RNA LINC00240 Inhibits Esophageal Cancer Progression by Regulating miR-26a-5p

Table 1

Expression and clinical features of esophageal cancer patients analyzed for correlation.

Characteristics	N	LINC00240 expression
Gender
Male	26	3.81 ± 1.73	0.6224
Female	17	4.16 ± 2.89
Age
<60	9	3.51 ± 1.34	0.4569
≥60	34	3.98 ± 1.74
Invasion into lymph
Yes	33	4.11 ± 1.28	0.1985
No	10	3.53 ± 1.03
Diameter of tumor (cm)
<5	12	3.49 ± 1.12	0.1196
≥5	31	4.23 ± 1.45
Differentiated degree
Well-differentiated	15	3.51 ± 1.34	0.0345
Low differentiation	28	4.63 ± 1.72
TNM stage
T1 + T2	34	3.04 ± 1.63	0.0409
T3 + T4	9	4.39 ± 1.99
Vascular invasion
Yes	11	3.98 ± 1.23	0.1719
No	32	3.44 ± 1.07
Number of primary lesions
Single	27	3.89 ± 1.17	0.4792
Multiple	16	4.17 ± 1.36