Table 1.

Clinicopathologic correlation of FAL index around D4S2964

Parameter	FAL index
	Low	High	P value
Sex
Female	9	9	1.000
Male	47	47
Serum HBsAg
Negative	9	7	0.589
Positive	47	49
Cirrhosis
Absent	10	2	0.021
Present	42	46
Tumor size (cm)
≤ 5	12	13	0.820
> 5	44	43
Tumor stage
I and II	44	41	0.608
III and IV	11	13
Recurrence
No	39	36	0.547
Yes	17	20

FAL: Fractional allelic loss.