Table 1. Relationship between clinicopathological characteristics and hsa_circ_0006948 expression in ESCC patients.
| Characteristics | NO.(%) | hsa_circ_0006948 expression | ||
| Low(%) | High(%) | P-value | ||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 120(78.43) | 58(48.33) | 62(51.67) | 0.527 |
| Female | 33(21.57) | 18(54.55) | 15(45.45) | |
| T stage | ||||
| T1 | 23(15.03) | 12(52.17) | 11(47.83) | 0.954 |
| T2 | 21(13.73) | 10(47.62) | 11(52.38) | |
| T3 | 109(71.24) | 54(49.54) | 55(50.46) | |
| N stage | ||||
| N0 | 64(41.83) | 39(60.94) | 25(39.06) | 0.018* |
| N1+N2+N3 | 89(58.17) | 37(41.57) | 52(58.43) | |
| Location | ||||
| Upper thoracic | 25(16.34) | 11(44.00) | 14(56.00) | 0.714 |
| Middle thoracic | 99(64.71) | 49(49.49) | 50(50.51) | |
| Low thoracic | 29(18.95) | 16(55.17) | 13(44.83) | |
| Blood Type | ||||
| A | 42(27.45) | 17(40.48) | 25(59.52) | 0.509 |
| B | 38(24.84) | 19(50.00) | 19(50.00) | |
| AB | 12(7.84) | 6(50.00) | 6(50.00) | |
| O | 61(39.87) | 34(55.74) | 27(44.26) | |
| Differentiation | ||||
| Poor | 47(30.72) | 19(40.43) | 28(59.57) | 0.267 |
| Moderate | 75(49.02) | 39(52.00) | 36(48.00) | |
| Well | 31(20.26) | 18(58.06) | 13(41.94) | |
| Age(years, mean±SD) | 61.05±8.36 | 62.12±7.55 | 0.404 | |
*P<0.05.