Table 1 The relationship of circTP63 and clinical characteristics in 35 LUSC patients

From: circTP63 functions as a ceRNA to promote lung squamous cell carcinoma progression by upregulating FOXM1

Variable

 

circTP63

p-value

  

High (n = 18)

Low (n = 17)

 

Sex

   

0.615

Male

16

15

 

Female

2

2

 

Age

   

0.065

≤60

11

5

 

>60

7

12

 

Smoke

   

0.724

No

11

10

 

Yes

7

7

 

Tumor differentiation

   

0.676

Poorly

7

6

 

Moderately

4

6

 

Well

7

5

 

TNM stage

   

0.041*

I

3

9

 

II

5

2

 

III

10

6

 

Tumor size (cm)

   

0.032*

≤3

1

5

 

>3

17

12

 

Metastasis

   

0.122

No

4

8

 

Yes

14

9

 
  1. LUSC lung squamous cell carcinoma, TNM UICC TNM classification (6th edition)
  2. *p < 0.05, which was considered as a significant difference