Table 1.

Expression of circMCTP2 in human gastric cancer and the clinicopathological characteristics of the patients’

Characteristics	Number	circMCTP2 expression		P-value
		High group	Low group
Age (years)
≥ 60	61	32	29	0.539
< 60	39	18	21
Gender
Male	68	32	36	0.391
Female	32	18	14
Size (cm)
≥ 3(cm)	57	21	36	0.002**
< 3(cm)	43	29	14
Stage
II	42	26	16	0.043*
III	58	24	34
T grade
T1 + T2	36	23	13	0.037*
T3 + T4	64	27	37
Lymph node metastasis
N1-N3	87	41	46	0.137
N0	13	9	4
CDDP chemosensitivity
Sensitive	75	48	27	< 0.001**
Resistant	25	2	3

*p < 0.05 and **p < 0.01 Statistically significant difference