Table 1.

Correlation between PCAT-1 expression and clinicopathological features of HCC

	N=117	PCAT-1 expression
Variable		High (n=59)	Low (n=58)	χ2	P value
Gender				1.521	0.217
Male	68	31	37
Female	49	28	21
Age				0.684	0.408
≤50	52	24	28
>50	65	35	30
Tumor size (cm)				1.152	0.283
≤5	44	25	19
>5	73	34	39
Tumor number				1.991	0.158
Solitary	86	40	46
Multiple	31	19	12
Serum AFP (ng/ml)				1.094	0.296
<20	39	17	22
≥20	78	42	36
Liver cirrhosis				0.417	0.518
Yes	74	39	35
No	43	20	23
Tumor differentiation				1.463	0.226
Well/Moderate	62	28	34
Poor	55	31	24
TNM stage
I-II	42	17	35	11.777	0.001
III-IV	75	42	23
Metastasis				5.029	0.025
Yes	24	17	7
No	93	42	51