Characteristics | Number of patients (%) | circCOL6A3 expression | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Low (%) | High (%) | P value | ||
 |  | 26 | 26 |  |
Age | ||||
 ≤  50 years | 25 | 13 (52.00) | 12 (48.00) | 0.781 |
 >  50 years | 27 | 13 (48.15) | 14 (51.85) | |
Gender | ||||
 Male | 37 | 19 (51.35) | 18 (48.65) | 0.760 |
 Female | 15 | 7 (46.67) | 8 (53.33) | |
Tumor size | ||||
 ≤  4 cm | 20 | 14 (70.00) | 6 (30.00) | 0.023 |
 >  4 cm | 32 | 12 (37.50) | 20 (62.50) | |
T stage | ||||
 T3 or lower | 7 | 4 (57.14) | 3 (42.86) | 0.670 |
 T4a | 35 | 16 (45.71) | 19 (54.29) | |
 T4b | 10 | 6 (60.00) | 4 (40.00) |  |
Nods invasion | ||||
 Less than 16 | 33 | 20 (60.61) | 13 (39.39) | 0.044 |
 16 or more | 19 | 6 (31.58) | 13 (68.42) | |
Lauren’s classification | ||||
 Intestinal and mixed | 25 | 12 (48.00) | 13 (52.00) | 0.781 |
 Diffuse | 27 | 14 (51.85) | 13 (48.15) |