Clinical significance of telomerase and its associate genes expression in the maintenance of telomere length in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Table 5 TRFL and t/n TRFLR of the tumor tissues according to the telomerase expression and TNM stages

Variables	TRFL	P- values	t/n TRFLR	P- values
Tissues		<0.00011
Normal	4.93±1.74 kb
Tumor	2.70±1.42 kb
Telomerase		0.7671		0.7422
Positive	2.72±1.44 kb		0.55±0.22
Negative	2.58±1.32 kb		0.59±0.41
Tumor stages		0.9362		0.8672
Stage I	3.04±0.42 kb		0.818±0.019
Stage II	2.65±1.44 kb		0.686±0.184
Stage III	2.83±1.44 kb		0.729±0.265
Stage IV	2.41±1.49 kb		0.649±0.185
Total	2.70±1.42 kb		0.73±0.24

P values:

¹Paired t-test,

²Independent t-test.