Clinical Significance of the Decreased Expression of hsa_circ_001242 in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Table 2

Correlation between clinicopathological factors and hsa_circ_001242 expression levels (ΔCt) in oral squamous cell carcinoma patients.

Characteristics	Number of patients	Mean ± SD	value
Age (year)
≥60	14	16.88 ± 0.644	0.145
<60	26	15.52 ± 0.572
Gender
Male	28	16.05 ± 0.537	0.871
Female	12	15.89 ± 0.813
Tumor size(cm)
≥5	6	13.43 ± 0.543	0.0125
<5	34	16.45 ± 0.408
Differentiation
Well and moderate	34	16.23 ± 0.424	0.221
Poor	6	14.70 ± 0.747
T stage
T1–2	29	16.58 ± 0.45	0.0317
T3–4	11	14.47 ± 0.99
TNM
I and II	19	16.76 ± 0.61	0.103
III and IV	21	15.31 ± 0.61
Lymphatic metastasis
N0	24	16.50 ± 0.516	0.170
N1–3	16	15.25 ± 0.773

indicated statistical significance.