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Table 1. Relationship between LZAP expression and clinicopathological features of 126 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Clinicopathologic variables	number of each group	LZAP expression		p value
		low	high
All cases	126	76	50
Age(years)				0.216
<50	64	42	22
≥50	62	34	28
Gender				0.379
Male	115	68	47
Female	11	8	3
Tumor size(cm)				0.040^a
<5	54	27	27
≥5	72	49	23
Histilogical differentiation				0.001^a
Well	21	7	14
Moderate	61	34	27
Poor	44	35	9
Liver cirrhosis				0.185
No	57	38	19
Yes	69	38	31
HBV				0.722
Negative	16	9	7
Positive	110	67	43
Serum AFP				0.006^a
<25 ug/l	38	16	22
≥25 ug/l	88	60	28
Recurrence				0.900
No	94	57	37
Yes	32	19	13
Distant Metastasis				0.656
No	108	66	42
Yes	18	10	8

p value<0.05.