Table 1 Correlation of the expression of circ-001971 with clinicopathologic features
Clinic-pathological parameters | circ-001971 expression | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
High | Low | ||
Gender | |||
 female | 20 | 21 | 0.808 |
 male | 15 | 14 |  |
Age | |||
  < 50 | 21 | 15 | 0.151 |
  ≥ 50 | 14 | 20 |  |
Tumorlocation | |||
 Left | 10 | 14 | 0.435 |
 Rectum | 15 | 15 |  |
 Right | 10 | 6 |  |
TNM | |||
 I | 2 | 11 | < 0.001 |
 II | 5 | 17 |  |
 III | 23 | 5 |  |
 IV | 5 | 2 |  |
Differentiation | |||
 Low | 21 | 15 | 0.151 |
 Moderat and High | 14 | 20 |  |
Tumor size | |||
  < 5 | 17 | 22 | 0.229 |
  ≥ 5 | 18 | 13 |  |
Lymph node metastasis | |||
 N0 | 6 | 30 | < 0.001 |
 N1 | 18 | 2 |  |
 N2 | 11 | 3 |  |