TABLE 1.

Relationship of circHN1 expression levels (ΔCt) in GC tissues with clinicopathological factors of GC patients

Parameters	No. of patients	Mean ± SD	P value
Gender
Male	75	6.1 ± 2.9	.510
Female	26	6.5 ± 3.0
Age (y)
<60	28	6.1 ± 2.9	.811
≥60	73	6.2 ± 2.9
Tumor size (cm)
≤5	46	6.3 ± 3.4	.776
>5	55	6.1 ± 2.4
Differentiation
Poor	61	6.0 ± 2.6	.610
Well‐moderate	40	6.3 ± 3.4
Invasion
T1‐T3	28	4.9 ± 3.6	.006
T4	73	6.7 ± 2.5
Lymphatic metastasis
N0	34	5.6 ± 3.7	.148
N1‐N3	67	6.5 ± 2.4
Distant metastasis
M0	98	6.2 ± 2.9	.384
M1	3	4.7 ± 1.0
TNM stage
I—II	40	5.7 ± 3.5	.200
III—IV	61	6.5 ± 2.5
CA19‐9
Negative	79	6.0 ± 3.0	.362
Positive	22	6.5 ± 2.8
Nervous invasion
Absent	84	5.9 ± 3.1	.001
Present	17	7.7 ± 1.3
Perineural invasion
Absent	85	5.9 ± 3.1	.003
Present	16	7.4 ± 1.1