Overexpression of lncRNA HOXA-AS2 promotes the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma by mediating SNX5 expression

Table 1 The HOXA-AS2 expression and its relationship with clinicopathological characteristics of OSCC patients (n = 45)

Characteristics	Total	HOXA-AS2 expression		p value
		low	high
Age
40	13	7	6
≥40	32	13	19	0.419
Gender
Male	20	11	9
Female	25	9	16	0.202
TNM Stage
I+II	21	13	8
III+IV	24	7	17	0.027*
Differentiation
Poor	19	5	14
Well	26	15	11	0.036*

Data were analyzed with Chi-square test, *p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

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