Table 1.

Clinicopathological features and the expression of lncRNA ANRIL in HCC patients

Parameters	Group	Total	lncRNA ANRIL expression		P value
			High	Low
Gender	Male	53	28	25	0.527
	Female	39	18	21
Age (years)	< 60	58	31	27	0.388
	≥ 60	34	15	19
Tumor size (cm)	< 5 cm	41	19	22	0.529
	≥ 5 cm	51	27	24
Tumor number	Solitary	44	24	20	0.404
	Multiple	48	22	26
AFP	< 20	37	19	18	0.832
	> 20	55	27	28
Hepatitis B	Negative	22	12	10	0.625
	Positive	70	34	36
Histologic grade	High	29	9	20	0.014
	Low	63	37	26
TNM stage	I-II	39	8	31	0.000
	III-IV	53	38	15