Table 2.
The association between hsa_circ_0001821 expression and the clinicopathological parameters in GC patients.
| Characteristics | n | High expression (n=18) |
Low expression (n=62) | P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||||
| male | 55 | 12 | 43 | 0.8285 |
| female | 25 | 6 | 19 | |
| Age(years) | ||||
| ≥60 | 62 | 16 | 46 | 0.1887 |
| <60 | 18 | 2 | 16 | |
| Histological differentiation | ||||
| Poorly | 46 | 7 | 39 | 0.0696 |
| Moderately | 34 | 11 | 23 | |
| Tumor depth | ||||
| T1-T2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0.0030** |
| T3-T4 | 61 | 9 | 52 | |
| Lymph node metastasis | ||||
| Yes | 56 | 8 | 48 | 0.0072** |
| No | 24 | 10 | 14 | |
| Tumor size(cm) | ||||
| ≥5 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0.8900 |
| <5 | 50 | 11 | 39 | |
| CEA(ng/ml) | ||||
| >5.0 | 27 | 9 | 18 | 0.0977 |
| ≤5.0 | 53 | 9 | 44 | |
| CA199(U/ml) | ||||
| >37.0 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0.0864 |
| ≤37.0 | 61 | 11 | 50 | |
| CA125(U/ml) | ||||
| >35.0 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0.7259 |
| ≤35.0 | 56 | 12 | 44 | |
Statistical analyses were carried out using Pearson χ2 test.
**P<0.01 was considered significant.