Table 1.
The correlation between circALG1 and clinicopathological features
| circALG1 high expression group | circALG1 low expression group | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 1.000 | ||
| Male | 11 | 11 | |
| Female | 9 | 9 | |
| Age | 0.058 | ||
| ≤ 60 years | 13 | 7 | |
| >60 years | 7 | 13 | |
| Smoking | 0.077 | ||
| No | 19 | 15 | |
| Yes | 1 | 5 | |
| Tumor location | 0.342 | ||
| Colon | 9 | 12 | |
| Rectum | 11 | 8 | |
| CEA | 0.744 | ||
| Normal | 7 | 8 | |
| High | 13 | 12 | |
| CA-199 | 0.028 | ||
| Normal | 18 | 12 | |
| High | 2 | 8 | |
| Differentiated degree | 0.465 | ||
| High-middle | 14 | 16 | |
| Low | 6 | 4 | |
| T stage | 1.000 | ||
| 1–2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3–4 | 19 | 19 | |
| LN metastatica | 0.519 | ||
| No | 13 | 11 | |
| Yes | 7 | 9 | |
| M stage | 0.035 | ||
| 0 | 20 | 16 | |
| 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| TNM stage | 0.337 | ||
| I-II | 13 | 10 | |
| III-IV | 7 | 10 |
a Lymph node metastatic