Table 3.

Clinical Parameters of circRNAs in CRC

	Tumor promoter			Tumor Suppressor
	OR	95%CI	P	OR	95%CI	P
Age (older/younger)	1.078	0.737–1.577	0.698	0.589	0.241–1.437	0.224
Gender (M/W)	1.114	0.757–1.639	0.968	0.805	0.491–1.320	0.390
Tumor size (larger/smaller)	1.769	1.097–2.852	0.019	0.658	0.382–1.132	0.131
Tumor location (rectum/colon)	0.888	0.572–1.380	0.598	0.902	0.480–1.694	0.748
Differentiation grade (poor/well & moderate)	1.743	1.032–2.946	0.038	0.453	0.261–0.787	0.005
TNM stage (III + IV/I + II)	3.320	1.529–7.207	0.002	0.442	0.187–1.042	0.062
T classification (T3 + T4/T1 + T2)	3.410	2.088–5.567	0.000	0.533	0.328–0.934	0.027
Lymph node metastasis (Y/N)	3.357	2.160–5.215	0.000	0.389	0.116–1.307	0.127
Distant metastasis (Y/N)	4.338	2.503–7.520	0.000	0.196	0.077–0.498	0.001

CI Confidence interval; M Men; N No; W Women; Y Yes; OR Odds ratio. The results are in bold if p < 0.05