LncRNA PLAC2 upregulates miR-663 to downregulate TGF-β1 and suppress bladder cancer cell migration and invasion

BMC Urology

Table 1 Correlations between the expression levels of PLAC2 and patients’ clinical data.

Variables	Groups	Cases	High (n = 26)	Low (n = 30)	χ²	p value
Age	> 65 (years)	34	16	18	0.01	0.91
Age	<= 65 (years)	22	10	12	0.01	0.91
Gender	Male	40	19	21	0.06	0.80
Gender	Female	16	7	9	0.06	0.80
Multifocal tumors	Yes	24	10	14	0.38	0.64
Multifocal tumors	No	32	16	16	0.38	0.64
CIS	Yes	12	5	7	0.14	0.71
CIS	No	44	21	23	0.14	0.71
Tumor stage	I	12	5	7	0.47	0.93
	II	15	7	8
	III	15	8	7
	IV	14	6	8
Tumor grade	High	26	12	14	0.01	0.97
Tumor grade	Low	30	14	16	0.01	0.97

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