Long noncoding RNA NALT1-induced gastric cancer invasion and metastasis via NOTCH signaling pathway

Table 2 NALT1 expressions and clinicopathologic parameters

Characteristics	NALT1
	Low	High	P value	χ2
	159 (47.3)	177 (52.7)
Age			0.444	0.680
≥ 60	88 (49.4)	90 (50.6)
< 60	71 (44.9)	87 (55.1)
Gender			0.551	0.410
Male	109 (46.2)	127 (53.8)
Female	50 (50.0)	50 (50.0)
Tumor size			0.659	0.236
≥ 5 cm	65 (45.8)	77 (54.2)
< 5 cm	94 (48.5)	100 (51.5)
Location			0.589	1.058
Up	32 (42.7)	43 (57.3)
Middle	42 (46.7)	48 (53.3)
Low	85 (49.7)	86 (50.3)
Bormann type			0.208	4.549
I	13 (52.0)	12 (48.0)
II	77(52.4)	70 (47.6)
III	68 (42.8)	91 (57.2)
V	1 (20.0)	4 (80.0)
Tumor histological morphology			0.569	1.126
Adenocarcinoma	123 (47.3)	137 (52.7)
Absolute signet ring cell carcinoma	35 (46.7)	40 (53.3)
Mixed carcinoma	1 (100)	0 (0)
Lauren type			0.190	3.326
Intestinal	71 (45.5)	85 (54.5)
Mixed carcinoma	31 (41.3)	44 (58.7)
Diffuse	57 (54.3)	48 (45.7)
Tumor differentiation			0.000	247.392
Moderate and high	151 (90.4)	16 (9.6)
Poor	8 (4.7)	161 (95.3)
Vessel invasion			0.471	0.658
Yes	43 (43.9)	55 (56.1)
No	116 (48.7)	122 (51.3)
Perineural invasion			0.706	0.195
Yes	38 (45.2)	46 (54.8)
No	121 (48.0)	131 (52.0)
T category			0.035	8.619
T1	37 (61.7)	23 (38.3)
T2	10 (45.5)	12 (54.5)
T3	8 (66.7)	4 (33.3)
T4	104 (43.0)	138 (57.0)
N category			0.000	20.693
N0	86 (61.9)	53 (38.1)
N1	22 (37.9)	36 (62.1)
N2	26 (40.0)	39 (60.0)
N3	25 (33.8)	49 (66.2)
TNM stage			0.001	17.625
I	41 (59.4)	28 (40.6)
II	49 (60.5)	32 (39.5)
III	68 (37.0)	116 (63.0)
IV	1 (50.0)	1 (50.0)

NALT1: NOTCH1 associated with lncRNA in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia 1; TNM: Tumor node metastasis.