Table 1.

The Association Between CircZNF609 Expression and Clinicopathological Characteristics of HCC Patients

Characteristics Total	N 45	EWSAT1 Expression		P value
		High (n=30)	Low (n=15)
Age
≥50	34	26	8	0.589
<50	11	4	7
Tumor stage
T2	18	10	8	0.029*
T3-T4	27	20	7
Lymph-node metastasis
Yes	21	17	4	0.042*
No	24	16	8
Tumor size (cm)
>2.5	24	18	6	0.165
≤2.5	21	12	7
Multiple lesions
Positive	25	16	9	0.718
Negative	20	15	5

Note: *P < 0.05 represents statistical differences.