CircFAM73A promotes the cancer stem cell-like properties of gastric cancer through the miR-490-3p/HMGA2 positive feedback loop and HNRNPK-mediated β-catenin stabilization

Table 1 Correlation between circFAM73A expression and the clinicopathologic parameter of 100 GC patients

Clinicopathologic parameter	Number	Number of patients		p value
Clinicopathologic parameter	Number	circFAM73A^low	circFAM73A^high	p value
Age
< 60 years	36	16	20	0.532
≥ 60 years	64	34	30
Gender
Male	75	39	36	0.645
Female	25	11	14
Tumor size
< 3 cm	26	19	7	0.011*
≥ 3 cm	74	31	43
Tumor site
Proximal	44	24	20	0.546
Non-proximal	56	26	30
Lymph node metastasis
N0	38	24	14	0.063
N1-N3	62	26	36
TNM stage
I-II	44	28	16	0.026*
III	56	22	34
Blood vessel invasion
Negative	73	40	33	0.176
Positive	27	10	17

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