HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA represses E-cadherin expression by binding to EZH2 in gastric cancer

Table 1 Relationships between the expression of HOTAIR and clinicopathological characteristics in 65 patients with gastric cancer

Characteristic	Expression of HOTAIR		P value
	Low n = 32	High n = 33
Sex			0.408
Female	7	11
Male	25	22
Age in yr			0.455
≤ 60	17	21
> 60	15	12
Histological grade			1.000
Well/moderate	14	15
Other	18	18
Tumor invasion depth, T			0.018
Tis, T1,T2	15	6
T3 or above	17	27
Lymph node metastasis, N			0.023
N0	12	4
N1 or above	20	29
TNM stage			0.024
I/II	23	14
III/IV	9	19
Tumor location			0.102
Antrum	8	15
Cardia	10	9
Angulus	13	5
Body	1	3
Full stomach	0	1
Laure’s classification			0.373
Intestinal	17	15
Diffuse	12	17
Mixed	3	1