Table 4.

Correlation between circRNAs and clinicopathologic features of GC patients

Variables	Group	Cases	circPanel
			High expression	Low expression	P value
		n = 303	n = 151	n = 152
Age	≤ 60 years	155	73	88	0.0958
	> 60 years	148	78	64
Sex	Male	222	111	111	0.9242
	Female	81	40	41
Tumor size	≤  5 cm	143	80	73	0.3885
	> 5 cm	150	71	79
T stage	T1-3	41	26	15	0.0359*
	T4a	181	93	88
	T4b	82	32	49
N stage	N0	73	36	37	0.1369
	N1	73	41	32
	N2	76	42	34
	N3	81	32	49
TNM stage	I–II	75	40	35	0.1041
	IIIA	113	64	49
	IIIB	63	26	38
	IIIC	52	21	30
Differentiation	Poor-undifferentation	158	69	89	0.0251*
	Well-moderate differentation	145	82	63

*p < 0.05