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Extracellular Vesicle-Transported Long Non-Coding RNA (LncRNA) X Inactive-Specific Transcript (XIST) in Serum is a Potential Novel Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis
Jinfeng Yu 1ABE , Weiwei Dong 2FG , Jianxiao Liang 3CD*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.924448
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e924448
Table 2 Clinical baseline characteristics of CRC patients.
Healthy participants | CRC patients | P value | |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 54.70±10.83 | 59.22±9.64 | 0.48 |
Gender | 0.20 | ||
Male | 27 | 54 | |
Female | 14 | 40 | |
BMI (kg/m) | 23.65±3.36 | 21.86±2.88 | 0.22 |
CRC – colorectal cancer; BMI – body mass index. |