Table 1.

Relevance analysis of circCSPP1 expression in CRC patients.

Variable	All patients	CircCSPP1		P-value
		Low	High
All Cases	60	30	30
Age (years)				0.602
<60	26	12	14
≥60	34	18	16
Gender				0.284
Male	38	17	21
Female	22	13	9
Tumor diameter (cm)				0.606
<5	30	16	14
≥5	30	14	16
TNM stage				0.795
I+II	33	17	16
III+IV	27	13	14
Depth of invasion				0.432
T1+T2	35	19	16
T3+T4	25	11	14
Lymphatic metastasis				0.426
Yes	23	13	10
No	37	17	20
Distant metastasis				0.010
Yes	17	4	13
No	43	26	17
CEA (ng/ml)				0.774
<5	43	22	21
≥5	17	8	9
Tumor location				0.592
Colon	38	18	20
Rectum	22	12	10

Bold values indicate P < 0.05.