Table 1. Relationship between βKlotho expression and clinicopathologic features of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
| Features | High βKlotho expression | Low βKlotho expression | p value |
| Mean age (years) | 63.5 | 61.9 | |
| Gender | 0.56 | ||
| Male | 9 | 24 | |
| Female | 5 | 9 | |
| Tumor Size (cm) | 0.59 | ||
| < 2 | 8 | 15 | |
| ≥ 2 | 6 | 16 | |
| Differentiation | 0.86 | ||
| Well | 3 | 7 | |
| Moderate | 7 | 14 | |
| Poor | 4 | 12 | |
| Liver cirrhosis | 0.37 | ||
| Yes | 10 | 19 | |
| No | 4 | 14 | |
| Metastasis | 0.32 | ||
| Yes | 9 | 16 | |
| No | 5 | 17 | |
| HBsAg status | 0.41 | ||
| Positive | 11 | 22 | |
| Negative | 3 | 11 | |
| Serum AFP | 0.61 | ||
| Positive | 10 | 21 | |
| Negative | 4 | 12 |