Table 2.

Relationship between the SATB2-AS1 expression and HCC patients’ clinical features

Clinical parameters		Patients (n)	Expression of SATB2-AS1		P-value
			High-SATB2-AS1	Low-SATB2-AS1
Total		84	42	42
Age (years)	< 70	34	15	19	0.374
	≥ 70	50	27	23
Gender	Male	45	25	20	0.274
	Female	39	17	22
Tumor size (cm)	< 5	24	14	10	0.334
	≥ 5	60	28	32
Serum AFP(ng/ml)	< 20	33	15	18	0.503
	≥ 20	51	27	24
Cirrhosis of the liver	Yes	58	28	30	0.637
	No	26	14	12
TNM stage	I-II	34	23	11	0.008*
	III-IV	50	19	31
Tumor recurrence	Yes	59	25	34	0.032*
	No	25	17	8

*P < 0.05 was statistically significant