Table 1.

Association of circ-0046263 level with clinicopathologic features in NPC.

Characteristics	Case	Relative circ-0046263 expression average	P value
Age
<55	23	3.4133	0.8631
≥55	17	3.4133
Gender
Male	27	3.7973	0.2703
Female	13	2.8696
TNM stage
I + II	11	1.3850	<0.001*
III + IV	29	4.2965
Node metastasis
N0	6	1.8045	0.0028*
N1–N2	34	3.7943
Distant metastasis
M0	35	3.1441	0.0264*
M1	5	5.9580

*P < 0.05, statistically significant