Table 2.
Association between ULK1 expression and clinicopathological features
| Variables | ULK1 expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| Low | High | P value | |
| Age (years) | |||
| < 50 | 9 | 8 | 0.011 |
| ≥ 50 | 7 | 30 | |
| Gender | |||
| female | 3 | 3 | 0.232 |
| male | 13 | 36 | |
| Size | |||
| < 4 | 9 | 9 | 0.017 |
| ≥ 4 | 7 | 30 | |
| Cirrhosis | |||
| Yes | 7 | 14 | 0.586 |
| No | 9 | 25 | |
| Histologic grade | |||
| I | 2 | 3 | 0.225 |
| II | 12 | 22 | |
| III | 1 | 10 | |
| TNM | |||
| I | 12 | 28 | 0.422 |
| II | 3 | 4 | |
| III + IV | 1 | 7 | |