Table I. Relationship between CRKL and FLT1 expression and clinicopathological factors in 192 HCC patients.

Characteristics	CRKL expression			FLT1 expression
	Low	High	p valuea	Low	High	p valuea
	(n = 81)	(n = 111)		(n = 81)	(n = 111)
Age			0.694			0.759
Years (mean ± S.D.)	61.19 ± 12.53	61.77 ± 11.61		61.95 ± 11.15	61.21 ± 11.9
Gender			0.269			0.502
Male	73	94		72	95
Female	8	17		9	16
AFPc			0.163			0.079
<400 ng/ml	68	84		69	83
≥400 ng/ml	13	27		12	28
Stage			0.432			0.432
I + II	59	75		59	75
III	22	36		22	36
Hepatitis B virus			0.507			0.058
Negative	30	36		34	32
Positive	51	75		47	79
Hepatitis C virus			0.975			0.049b
Negative	60	82		54	88
Positive	21	29		27	23
Recurrence status			0.089			0.316
No	23	20		21	22
Yes	58	91		60	89
Major vessel invasion			0.096			0.224
No	75	94		74	95
Yes	6	17		7	16

^a p value for age was derived from Student's t test; other p values were derived with a two-tailed Pearson χ² test. S.D. represents standard deviation.

^b p < 0.05.

^c AFP represents α-fetoprotein.