CircPTK2 (hsa_circ_0003221) Contributes to Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by the miR-1278/YAP1 Axis

Table 1

Correlation between hsa_circ_0003221 expression and clinicopathological parameters in LSCC patients.

Characteristics	hsa_circ_0003221 expression		value
	High n = 21	Low n = 20
Gender
Male (27)	16	11	0.153
Female (14)	5	9
Age
<60 (18)	10	8	0.623
≥60 (23)	11	12
Smoking status
Nonsmoker (17)	9	8	0.853
Smoker (24)	12	12
Clinical stage
I/II (23)	8	15	0.017
III/IV (18)	13	5
T stage
T1/2 (19)	8	11	0.278
T3/4 (22)	13	9
Lymph-node metastasis
Positive (21)	14	7	0.043
Negative (20)	7	13

is considered significant (Fisher’s exact test).