Table 1.

Association between circRNA_101237 expression and clinicopathological features of human NSCLC.

Clinical features	Total	circRNA_101237		p-vaule
		High (N = 153)	Low (N = 150)
Age (years)				0.252
<60	90	50	40
≥60	213	103	110
Gender				0.154
Male	170	92	78
Female	133	61	72
Smoke				0.232
No	68	30	38
Yes	235	123	112
Drink				0.118
No	143	79	64
Yes	160	74	86
Tumor size (cm)				0.044
<5	122	53	69
≥5	181	100	81
Differentiation grade				0.144
Well	101	45	56
Moderate + Poor	202	108	94
TNM stage				0.001
I + II	191	83	108
III	112	70	42
Lymph node metastasis				0.003
No	191	84	107
Yes	112	69	43
CEA, ng/ml				0.230
<5	145	68	77
≥5	158	85	73
CA19-9, kU/L				0.310
<40	128	69	59
≥40	175	84	91

CA19-9 carbohydrate antigen 19-9; CEA, carcinoembryonic antigen; Pearson chi-square test was used for comparison between subgroups.