LncRNA-ATB promotes autophagy by activating Yes-associated protein and inducing autophagy-related protein 5 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma

Table 1 Correlation between lncRNA-ATB expression and clinicopathological parameters in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Clinical feature	n	LncRNA-ATB		P-value
		High expression (n = 36)	Low expression (n = 36)
Gender				0.096
Male	41	17	24
Female	31	19	12
Age (yr)				0.617
≤ 60	48	23	25
> 60	24	13	11
HBsAg				0.306
Negative	50	27	23
Postive	22	9	13
AFP (ng/mL)				0.216
≤ 400	25	15	10
> 400	47	21	26
Tumor size				0.032a
≤ 5cm	41	16	25
> 5cm	31	20	11
TNM stage				0.017a
I + II	30	10	20
III + IV	42	26	16
Differentiation				0.465
Well/moderate	45	21	24
Poor	27	15	12

The median expression level of lncRNA-ATB was used as the cutoff. Pearson’s chi-square tests were used for analysis. ^aP < 0.05. LncRNA-ATB: LncRNA-activated by transforming growth factor beta.