Table 1.

Clinical characteristics in the MVI positive and MVI negative groups.

Variables	MVI+ (N= 146)	MVI- (N= 137)	P Value
Sex, no.(%)			0.968
Male	122(83.56)	118(86.13)
Female	24(16.44)	19(13.87)
Age (years), mean ± SD	53.12 ± 12.40	51.54 ± 10.18	0.486
Max/Min-TD, mean ± SD	3.21 ± 0.87	1.83 ± 0.52	0.003
Tumor location, no. (%)			0.146
Right lobe of liver	125(85.61)	116(84.67)	.874
Left lobe of liver	21(14.39)	17(15.33)

MV represent MVI positive; MVI, represent MVI negative; Max/Min-TD, the ratio of maximum to minimum tumor diameter.