Table 1.

Correlation between circATIC expression level and clinical characteristics in 52 Urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) patients.

Characteristics		Total	circATIC expression		P value
			High	Low
Gender	Male	33	26	7	0.674
	Female	19	14	5
Age (years)	< 60	23	19	4	0.386
	≥ 60	29	21	8
Tumor size (cm)	< 3cm	22	11	11	0.000*
	≥ 3cm	30	29	1
Histological grade	Low	21	18	3	0.216
	High	31	22	9
T stage	T1/T2	29	23	6	0.646
	T3/T4	23	17	6
Lymphatic metastasis	Absent	49	37	12	0.328
	Present	3	3	0
Postoperative metastasis	Metastasis	24	22	2	0.019*
	Non-metastasis	28	18	10

*P < 0.05 represents statistical significance. Results are analyzed by Chi-square test.