Table 1.

Correlations between circMET and clinicopathological features in 209 HCC

variables	circMET high	circMET low	P value
Age (years)
≥ 52	33	60	0.168
< 52	38	78
Sex
Male	66	113	0.031
Female	5	25
Liver cirrhosis
Yes	63	124	< 0.802
No	8	14
HBsAg
Positive	62	111	0.212
Negative	9	27
Tumor size (diameter, cm)
≤ 5	35	82	0.163
> 5	36	56
Tumor number
Multiple	17	17	0.031
Single	54	121
Microvascular invasion
Yes	28	36	0.047
No	43	102
Tumor encapsulation
Yes	27	75	0.025
No	44	63
HCC stage
Ia	27	81	0.020
Ib	31	44
IIa	12	13
IIb	1	0