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Table 5 Analysis of tumor characteristics influencing MALAT1 levels in human blood

From: Evaluation of long noncoding RNA MALAT1 as a candidate blood-based biomarker for the diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer

  

NSCLC

AdCa

SqCC

  

β

95% CI

p value

β

95% CI

p value

β

95% CI

p value

Intercept

 

-1.23

-3.49; 1.03

    

-1.23

-3.41; 0.96

 

Tumor size (Reference: I/II)

III/IV

1.06

-1.28; 3.39

0.3670

   

1.52

-0.82; 3.85

0.1911

Intercept

 

-0.15

-1.11; 0.80

 

-0.22

-3.24; 2.81

 

-0.14

1.15; 0.86

 

Metastasis status (Reference: M0)

M1

-0.14

-1.36; 1.07

0.8143

-0.46

-3.64; 2.72

0.7655

0.65

-0.98; 2.26

0.4158

Intercept

 

-0.20

-2.48; 2.08

 

0.24

-4.02; 4.51

 

-0.42

-3.20; 2.35

 

Lymph node status (Reference: N0)

N1-N3

-0.04

-2.40; 2.32

0.9714

-0.92

-5.29; 3.45

0.6654

0.57

-2.32; 3.47

0.6860

  1. Values of β > 0 indicate a negative association between the analyzed factor and MALAT1 levels, values < 0 a positive association.