Table 2.

Relationship of Hsa_circ_0014717 expression levels (ΔC _t) in cancer tissues with clinicopathological factors of gastric cancer patients

Characteristics	No. of case (%)	Mean ± SD	P value
Age (year)
≥60	61 (63.5)	12.343 ± 1.253	0.727
<60	35 (36.5)	12.254 ± 1.109
Gender
Male	65 (67.7)	12.239 ± 1.274	0.398
Female	31 (32.3)	12.461 ± 1.002
Tumor location
Sinuses ventriculi	49 (51.1)	12.342 ± 1.064	0.629
Cardia	10 (10.4)	12.110 ± 1.469
Corpora ventriculi	25 (26.0)	12.158 ± 0.928
Others	12 (12.5)	12.664 ± 1.889
Diameter (cm)
≥5	47 (49.0)	12.358 ± 1.332	0.706
<5	49 (51.0)	12.265 ± 1.065
Differentiation
Well	12 (12.5)	12.765 ± 1.184	0.240
Moderate	47 (49.0)	12.355 ± 1.258
Poor	37 (38.5)	12.106 ± 1.104
Stage
Early	24 (25.0)	12.750 ± 1.332	0.037
Advanced	72 (75.0)	12.164 ± 1.190
Borrmann type
I & II	19 (26.4)	11.976 ± 1.234	0.426
III & IV	53 (73.6)	12.231 ± 1.178
Pathologic diagnosis
Signet ring cell cancer	15 (15.6)	12.143 ± 0.995	0.559
Adenocarcinoma	81 (84.4)	12.341 ± 1.234
Invasion
T1 & T2	36 (37.5)	12.554 ± 1.154	0.123
T3 & T4	60 (62.5)	12.164 ± 1.209
Lymphatic metastasis
N 0	38 (39.6)	12.266 ± 1.314	0.768
N 1‐3	58 (60.4)	12.340 ± 1.126
Distal metastasis
M0	82 (85.4)	12.406 ± 1.179	0.048
M1	14 (14.6)	11.750 ± 1.191
Venous invasion
Absent	53 (55.2)	12.207 ± 1.386	0.329
Present	43 (44.8)	12.438 ± 0.914
Perineural invasion
Absent	47 (49.0)	12.543 ± 1.193	0.062
Present	49 (51.0)	12.087 ± 1.171
Carcinoembryonic antigen(tissue)
Positive	74 (77.1)	12.586 ± 1.081	<0.001
Negative	22 (22.9)	11.385 ± 1.123
CA19‐9 (Tissue)
Positive	54 (56.3)	12.557 ± 1.161	0.021
Negative	42 (43.7)	11.993 ± 1.183

Bold values: P < 0.05.