Table 4.
Methylation and clinical data of WIF-1 genes in HCC and adjacent non-cancerous tissues
| Clinical data |
Methylation in HCC |
Methylation in adjacent non-cancerous tissues |
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| Negative | Positive | P | Negative | Positive | P | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 17 | 10 | 0.659 | 23 | 4 | 1.000 |
| Female | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Age (yr) | ||||||
| < 60 | 7 | 5 | 1.000 | 17 | 3 | 1.000 |
| ≥ 60 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Child | ||||||
| A | 17 | 12 | 1.000 | 24 | 5 | 1.000 |
| B | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| AFP (ng/mL) | ||||||
| < 20 | 11 | 8 | 1.000 | 16 | 3 | 1.000 |
| ≥ 20 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 2 | ||
| Number of tumor | ||||||
| Single | 14 | 10 | 1.000 | 21 | 3 | 0.597 |
| Multiple | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Tumor diameter (cm) | ||||||
| < 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | 0.569 |
| ≥ 3 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 5 | ||
| HBsAg | ||||||
| (+) | 20 | 9 | 0.017 | 24 | 5 | 1.000 |
| (-) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hepatocirrhosis | ||||||
| (+) | 18 | 7 | 0.035 | 21 | 4 | 1.000 |
| (-) | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ||
| False capsule | ||||||
| (+) | 18 | 10 | 0.360 | 24 | 4 | 1.000 |
| (-) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Tumor thrombus | ||||||
| (+) | 1 | 2 | 0.547 | 2 | 1 | 0.400 |
| (-) | 19 | 11 | 26 | 4 | ||
| Edmonson stage | ||||||
| I/II | 16 | 12 | 0.625 | 23 | 5 | 0.569 |
| III | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||