Table 1.
Relation between epidermal growth factor-like repeats and discoidin I-like domains 3 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma and clinicopathological features of hepatocellular carcinoma patients
| Clinicopathologic features (n) | Low EDIL3 (total score < 4) n = 52 | High EDIL3 (total score ≥ 4) n = 49 | P value |
| Age (yr) | 0.889 | ||
| < 60 (57) | 29 | 28 | |
| ≥ 60 (44) | 23 | 21 | |
| Gender | 0.648 | ||
| Male (87) | 44 | 43 | |
| Female (14) | 8 | 6 | |
| Tumor size (cm) | 0.491 | ||
| < 5 (26) | 16 | 10 | |
| 5-10 (58) | 28 | 30 | |
| > 10 (17) | 8 | 9 | |
| Histological differentiation | 0.379 | ||
| Well (17) | 9 | 8 | |
| Moderate (63) | 35 | 28 | |
| Poor (21) | 8 | 13 | |
| Liver cirrhosis | 0.617 | ||
| Yes (50) | 27 | 23 | |
| No (51) | 25 | 26 | |
| Metastasis | 0.202 | ||
| Yes (15) | 10 | 5 | |
| No (86) | 42 | 44 | |
| Recurrence | 0.817 | ||
| Yes (38) | 19 | 19 | |
| No (63) | 33 | 30 | |
| HBSAg status | 0.527 | ||
| Positive (90) | 45 | 45 | |
| Negative (11) | 7 | 4 | |
| Serum AFP | 0.707 | ||
| Positive (62) | 31 | 31 | |
| Negative (39) | 21 | 18 | |
EDIL3: Epidermal growth factor-like repeats and discoidin I-like domains 3; HBSAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen; AFP: α-fetoprotein.