Table 1.

Mutual relationship between circMTO1 expression level and clinical pathological characteristic in gastric cancer (GC) (n = 68)

Parameters	Group	n	MTO1 expression		P value
			Low(n = 34)	High(n = 34)
Age (years)	≤60	28	13	15	0.582
	>60	40	21	19
Gender	Female	24	14	10	0.402
	Male	44	20	24
T classifcation	T1-T2	36	12	24	0.018
	T3-T4	32	22	10
Lymphatic invasion	Negative (N0)	18	4	14	0.031
	Positive (N1-N3)	50	30	20
Tumor site	Cardiac Non-cardiac	34 34	19 15	15 19	0.310
Clinical stage	I–II	38	17	21	0.223
	III–IV	30	17	13
Tumor size (cm)	< 3	31	11	20	0.026
	≥3	37	23	14
Histology grade	Well-moderately	29	12	17	0.193
	Poorly-signet	39	22	17