TABLE 1.

Association between clinicopathological variables and circFAM114A2 expression in HCC patients

Variables	CircFAM114A2 expression		p value
	Low	High
Age			0.079
≤50	23	19
>50	15	27
Gender			0.235
Male	35	39
Female	3	7
HBsAg			0.123
Positive	3	12
Negative	23	33
Liver cirrhosis			0.803
With	0	2
Without	26	43
AFP			0.925
≤400	14	25
>400	10	17
Pathological satellite			0.593
Present	5	8
Absent	33	38
No. tumor			0.695
Multiple	7	7
Solitary	31	39
Tumor size			0.260
>5 cm	25	34
≤5 cm	3	9
Microvascular invasion			0.029*
Present	6	1
Absent	32	43
Lymphatic metastasis			0.023*
Present	8	2
Absent	30	42
BCLC stage			0.178
A	23	22
B + C	9	17

^* p < 0.05.