Table 1.

Relationship between circ_0026344 expression and clinicopathologic data in gastric cancer patients

Feature	No. of patients	Circ_0026344		P value
		Low	High
Gender				0.217
Male	61	28	33
Female	32	19	13
Age (years)				0.523
<50	25	14	11
≥50	68	33	35
Tumor size (cm)				0.001*
<5	40	12	28
≥5	53	35	18
Tumor location				0.264
Distal/middle	79	38	41
Proximal	14	9	5
Differentiation				0.536
Well/moderate	66	32	34
Poor	27	15	12
Borrmann type				0.355
I/II	11	7	4
III/IV	82	40	42
CEA status				0.962
Negative	16	8	8
Positive	77	39	38
Invasive depth				0.028*
T1/T2	38	14	24
T3/T4	55	33	22
Distant metastasis				0.176
Negative	88	43	45
Positive	5	4	1
TNM stage				0.008*
I/II	56	22	34
III/IV	37	25	12
Lymph node metastasis				0.015*
Negative	24	7	17
Positive	69	40	29

^*P<0.05.