Table 2.

Clinicopathological characteristics of the patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (n=68) and relative expression levels of hsa_circ_0085616

	N=68	Relative expression	p-value (*p<0.05)
Age (years)
<60	23	1.674	0.775
≥60	45	1.699
Gender
Female	12	1.644	0.802
Male	56	1.673
Tumor size(cm)
≥5	30	1.662	0.884
<5	38	1.651
Cirrhosis
Positive	57	1.681	0.653
Negtive	11	1.647
TNM stage
T1+T2	32	1.589	0.0071*
T3+T4	36	1.752
Differentiation
Well	7	1.582	0.0053*
Moderate	38	1.654
Poor	23	1.761