Table 2. Clinicopathological Characteristics of 60 Patients with GC with Respect to the CircRIMS Expression Level.
| circRIMS expression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| characteristics | total | low | high | P-value |
| Age (Years) | ||||
| <60 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0.9189 |
| ≥60 | 41 | 21 | 20 | |
| Gender | ||||
| male | 52 | 28 | 24 | 0.6303 |
| female | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tumor Size (cm) | ||||
| <5 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0.8091 |
| ≥5 | 28 | 14 | 14 | |
| Lymph Node Metastasis | ||||
| N1 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0.0008 |
| N3 | 30 | 9 | 21 | |
| Clinical Stage | ||||
| I/II | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0.0008 |
| III/IV | 30 | 9 | 21 | |
| Differentiation | ||||
| high/middle | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0.2253 |
| low/undifferentiation | 41 | 19 | 22 | |
| Lauren Classification | ||||
| intestinal | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0.6545 |
| diffuse | 45 | 24 | 21 | |
| Lymphovascular Invasion | ||||
| absent | 33 | 17 | 16 | 0.9793 |
| present | 27 | 14 | 13 | |
| Nerve Invasion | ||||
| absent | 38 | 21 | 17 | 0.4638 |
| present | 22 | 10 | 12 | |