Upregulated Long Noncoding RNA UCA1 Enhances Warburg Effect via miR-203/HK2 Axis in Esophagal Cancer

Table 1

Clinicopathological correlation of UCA1 expression in 110 EC patients.

Clinicopathological feature	Total	Expression of UCA1		value (χ^2 test)
		Low	High
Age (years)
≤60	56	29	27	0.703
>60	54	26	28
Gender
Male	90	45	45	1.000
Female	20	10	10
Tumor size
≤3 cm	45	28	17	0.033
>3 cm	65	27	38
Smoking status
Yes	67	31	36	0.329
No	43	24	19
Alcohol status
Yes	65	25	40	0.004
No	45	30	15
Tumor location
Lower	35	15	20	0.406
Middle	61	34	27
Upper	14	6	8
TNM stage
I + II	47	39	8	<0.001
III + IV	63	16	47
Lymphatic invasion
Yes	56	11	45	<0.001
No	54	40	10
Distant metastasis
Yes	26	5	21	0.001
No	84	50	34
Differentiation
Low	35	20	15	0.282
Moderate	55	28	27
Well	20	7	13

The bold number represents the values with significant differences.