Research Article

Circular RNA hsa_circ_0000467 Promotes the Development of Gastric Cancer by Competitively Binding to MicroRNA miR-326-3p

Table 3

Correlation between hsa_circ_0000467 expression and clinicopathological features of gastric cancer.

Clinicopathological featuresPatients (n = 30)hsa_circ_0000467 expressiona value
High groupLow group

Gender0.6903
 Male2110 (33.3%)11 (36.7%)
 Female95 (16.7%)4 (13.3%)
Age (year)0.6660
 ≥7074 (13.3%)3 (10.0%)
 <702311 (36.7%)12 (40.0%)
Tumor size (cm)0.7125
 ≥5137 (23.3%)6 (20.0%)
 <578 (26.7%)9 (30.0%)
Histological grade0.0224
 Well30 (0.0%)3 (10.0%)
 Moderately124 (13.3%)8 (26.7%)
 Poor1511 (36.7%)4 (13.3%)
TNM stage0.1953
 I and II72 (6.7%)5 (16.7%)
 III and IV2313 (43.3%)10 (33.3%)
Pathological T category0.0674
 T100 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
 T210 (0.0%)1 (3.3%)
 T32410 (33.3%)14 (46.7%)
 T454 (13.3%)1 (3.3%)
Lymphatic node metastasis0.9720
 N073 (10.0%)4 (13.3%)
 N121 (3.3%)1 (3.3%)
 N2116 (20.0%)5 (16.7%)
 N3105 (16.7%)5 (16.7%)

TNM: tumor node metastasis. Significant difference: . aUsing median hsa_circ_0000467 values as cutoff.