Long noncoding RNA LIPH-4 promotes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression by regulating the miR-216b/IGF2BP2 axis

Table 1 Relationship between LIPH-4 expression and clinicopathologic parameters of 53 ESCC patients

Characteristics	Number of case	lnc-LIPH-4		P value
Characteristics	Number of case	High(n = 26)	Low(n = 27)	P value
Age(years)				0.8967
< 60	28	13	15
≥ 60	25	13	12
Tumor size				0.0030**
< 5 cm	34	11	23
≥ 5 cm	19	15	4
Histological grade				0.6963
low and Middle	20	11	9
high	33	15	18
Tumor invasion depth				0.1763
T1 + T2	18	6	12
T3 + T4	35	20	15
Lymph node metastasis				0.3997
negative	23	9	13
positive	30	17	13
Clinical stage				0.8967
I and II	28	14	14
III and IV	25	12	13

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