Table 3. The clinicopathological characteristics of patients with CRC according to circ_0115744 expression.
| circ_0115744high | circ_0115744low | p valuea | ||
| n | n=40 | n=40 | ||
| Age(years) | ||||
| <60 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 0.361 |
| ≥60 | 48 | 22 | 26 | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 50 | 24 | 26 | 0.644 |
| Female | 30 | 16 | 14 | |
| Tumor diameter (cm) | ||||
| <5cm | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0.446 |
| ≥5cm | 59 | 28 | 31 | |
| Pathologic type | ||||
| ADC | 75 | 37 | 38 | 0.644 |
| MADC | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Metastasis | ||||
| Positive | 40 | 38 | 2 | <0.001 |
| Negative | 40 | 2 | 38 | |
| T stage | ||||
| T1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0.575 |
| T2 | 26 | 15 | 11 | |
| T3 | 44 | 21 | 23 | |
| Differentiation degree | ||||
| Highly | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0.546 |
| Moderately | 58 | 23 | 25 | |
| Poorly | 12 | 13 | 9 | |
| Primary tumor site | ||||
| Colon | 39 | 21 | 18 | 0.502 |
| Rectum | 41 | 19 | 22 |
a: Chi-square test; ADC: Adenocarcinoma; MADC: Mucinous adenocarcinoma.