RETRACTED ARTICLE: CircPSMC3 suppresses the proliferation and metastasis of gastric cancer by acting as a competitive endogenous RNA through sponging miR-296-5p

Table 1 Correlations between circPSMC3 expression in plasmas and clinical characteristics in GC patients

characteristic	case	circPSMC3 expression		p value
characteristic	case	low	high	p value
All cases	106	91	15
Age (yeas)				0.530
< 65	40	34	6
≥65	66	57	9
Gender				0.250
Female	37	34	3
Male	69	57	12
Tumor size (cm)				0.266
< 5	42	34	8
≥5	64	57	7
Histological grade				0.309
High	23	18	5
Middle-low	83	73	10
Lymph node metastasis				0.021^*
Negative	27	19	8
Positive	78	72	7
TNM stage				0.000^*
I–II	38	24	14
III–IV	68	67	1

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