Table 1.

The relationship between circ_0000517 and clinical characteristics in 37 NSCLC patients

Pathological indicators		Number of patients	Relative expression of circ_0000517		P value
			High expression	Low expression
Gender					0.072
	Female	17	6	11
	Male	20	13	7
Age (Y)					0.254
	<47	17	7	10
	≥47	20	12	8
Histology					0.585
	Squamous cell carcinoma	32	17	15
	Adenocarcinoma	5	2	3
Clinical stage					0.013*
	I~II	19	6	13
	II~III	18	13	5
Tumor size (cm)					0.138
	<5	14	5	9
	≥5	23	14	9
Lymphatic metastasis					0.033*
	Yes	21	14	7
	No	16	5	11
Differentiation					0.124
	Well+moderate	22	9	13
	Poor	15	10	5

NSCLC; Non-small cell lung cancer and *; P<0.05.