Circular RNA EPB41 expression predicts unfavorable prognoses in NSCLC by regulating miR-486-3p/eIF5A axis-mediated stemness

Table 1 The clinic-pathological factors of 90 NSCLC patients

Characteristics	Numbers	circ-EPB41		P value
Characteristics	Numbers	Low (N = 44)	High (N = 46)	P value
Sex				0.766
Male	48	26	22
Female	42	18	24
Age				0.883
≤ 50	43	23	20
> 50	47	21	26
TNM stage				0.024
I and II	52	35	17
III and IV	38	9	29
Lymph node metastasis				0.015
Negative	41	29	12
Positive	49	15	34
Tumor size				0.011
≤ 3 cm	48	34	14
> 3 cm	42	10	32

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