APOL1 upregulation was positively correlated with several clinicopathological features including pathologic N stage (OR 1.874; P<0.001), overall pathologic stage (odds ratio (OR) 0.638; P = 0.013), age (OR 0.614; P = 0.006), histological type (OR 0.388; P<0.001), primary neoplasm focus type (OR 0.658; P = 0.02) and neoplasm location (OR 0.590; P = 0.016). Here, APOL1 is linked to neoplasm.