Table 1.

Relation between circPGD and miR-16-5p levels and the GC clinical features.

	circPGC expression				miR-16-5p expression
Characteristics	Case	High (n = 28)	Low (n = 22)	p value	case	High (n = 21)	Low (n = 29)	p value
Gender				ns				0.3557
Male	35	20	15		35	13	22
Female	15	8	7		15	8	7
Age (years)				ns				0.5261
>65	38	21	17		38	17	21
≤65	12	7	5		12	4	8
Tumor size				0.042				0.0215
>4	29	20	9		29	8	21
≤4	21	8	13		21	13	8
LNM				0.045				0.2516
Positive	25	18	7		25	8	17
Negative	25	10	15		25	13	12
Clinical stage				0.1536				0.5672
I + II	25	11	14		25	12	13
III + IV	25	17	8		25	9	16

Bold values indicates statistical significant P values.