Table 1 Correlation between AGAP2-AS1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer patients (n = 50)

Age

<50

9

12

0.567

>50

16

13

Gender

Male

13

15

0.776

Fmale

12

10

location

Distal

11

7

0.338

Middle

8

13

Proximal

6

5

Tumor size

<5 cm

18

8

0.010^*

>5 cm

7

17

Histologic

Well

3

2

0.011^*

Moderately

13

3

Poorly

6

16

Undifferentiated

3

4

Lymphatic metastasis

NO

18

9

0.022^*

YES

7

16

TNM stages

I

7

0

0.001^*

II

11

3

III

7

19

IV

0

3