Long non-coding RNA-SNHG7 acts as a target of miR-34a to increase GALNT7 level and regulate PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway in colorectal cancer progression

Table 2 Relationship between SNHG7 expression and clinicopathologic parameters of 53 colorectal cancer patients (cohort 1)

Characteristics	Number of case	SNHG7 expression		P value
Characteristics	Number of case	High (n = 30) %	Low (n = 23) %	P value
	53
Age (years)				0.477
< 60	27	14	13
> 60	26	16	10
Gender				0.337
Male	33	17	16
Female	20	13	7
Tumor size				0.025*
< 5 cm	23	9	14
≥ 5 cm	30	21	9
Tumor location				0.745
Colon	29	17	12
Rectum	24	13	11
Depth of invasion				0.194
T1,T2	34	17	17
T3,T4	19	13	6
Histologic grade				0.206
Well/moderately	27	13	14
Poorly/others	26	17	9
Lymphatic metastasis				0.002**
Absent	24	8	16
Present	29	22	7
Venous invasion				0.132
Absent	27	18	9
Present	26	12	14
Nervous invasion				0.414
Absent	31	19	12
Present	22	11	11
Distant metastasis				0.004**
Absent	32	13	19
Present	21	17	4
Tumor stage*				0.002**
I and II	26	9	17
III and IV	27	21	6

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