Hsa_circ_0003159 inhibits gastric cancer progression by regulating miR-223-3p/NDRG1 axis

Table 1 Statistics of hsa_circ_0003159 expression in gastric cancer tissues with clinicopathological factors of gastric cancer patients

Characteristics	n	hsa_circ_0003159		P
Characteristics	n	High (n = 27)	Low (n = 28)	P
Gender
Male	30	12	18	0.140
Female	25	15	10
Age (years)
≥ 60	28	13	15	0.688
< 60	27	14	13
Tumor size
≥ 5 cm	29	11	17	0.139
< 5 cm	26	16	11
Differentiation
Well + moderate	20	13	7	0.074
Poor	35	14	21
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	21	6	15	0.017^*
No	34	21	13
Invasion depth
T1 + T2	19	13	6	0.037^*
T3 + T4	36	14	22
TNM stage
I + II	23	16	7	0.010^*
III + IV	32	11	21

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