Plasma circRNA microarray profiling identifies novel circRNA biomarkers for the diagnosis of ovarian cancer

Table 1 The correlation between the expression of plasma circRNAs and clinical characteristics of ovarian cancer patients

Variables	circ-0003972		P	circ-0007288		P
Variables	low expression	high expression	P	low expression	high expression	P
Age			0.605			1
≤53	16	14		15	15
>53	14	16		15	15
Menopausal Stage			0.292			0.598
pre-M	14	10		13	11
post-M	16	20		17	19
Ovarian Cancer type			0.519			0.519
EOC	23	25		25	23
others	7	5		5	7
FIGO Stage			0.787			0.284
I-II	10	11		9	13
III-IV	20	19		21	17
Lymphatic metastasis			0.559			0.02
No	23	21		18	26
Yes	7	9		12	4
Distant metastasis			0.612			0.612
No	27	29		27	29
Yes	3	1		3	1
Histological grade			0.785			0.243
Low	7	9		10	6
High	21	23		20	24
CA125(U/mL)			1			0.559
≤35	8	8		9	7
>35	22	22		21	23

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