The lncRNA NEAT1 Inhibits miRNA-216b and Promotes Colorectal Cancer Progression by Indirectly Activating YY1

Table 1

Correlations between NEAT1 and clinicopathological features of colorectal cancer patients.

Characteristics	Numbers	NEAT1 expression		value
		High	Low
Age (y)
<60	26	15	11	0.83
≥60	31	17	14
Gender
Male	32	17	15	0.60
Female	25	15	10
Size (cm)
≤5	23	16	7	0.09
>5	34	16	18
Histological differentiation
Well	19	4	15	0.0002
Poor	38	28	10
Nodal metastasis
Positive	37	27	10	0.0005
Negative	20	5	15
Distant metastasis
Positive	12	11	1	0.005
Negative	45	21	24
Grade
I/II	19	6	13	0.0082
III/IV	38	26	12

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