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Table 1 Correlation between clinicopathological characteristics and circ0003998 expression levels

From: Hsa_circ_0003998 promotes epithelial to mesenchymal transition of hepatocellular carcinoma by sponging miR-143-3p and PCBP1

Clinicopathological characteristics

circ0003998-low

circ0003998-high

p-value

Age(years)

   

0.797

 

≤50

13

11

 
 

> 50

26

25

 

Gender

   

0.823

 

Male

28

25

 
 

Female

11

11

 

MVI

   

0.630

 

Positive

28

24

 
 

Negative

11

12

 

HBsAg

   

0.701

 

Positive

30

29

 
 

Negative

9

7

 

AFP(Ig/L)

   

0.016*

 

≤400

29

17

 
 

> 400

10

19

 

Tumor size

   

0.327

 

≤5

15

10

 
 

> 5

24

26

 

TNM stage

   

0.029*

 

I + II

25

14

 
 

III + IV

14

22

 
  1. Chi square test was used. MVI, microvascular invasion; AFP, α-fetoprotein; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen. *p-value< 0.05