Table 1. Correlation of Cx32 mRNA expression with clinicopathological features in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Variables	Category	Number of Case	P Vlaue
Age	<59	28	0.3759
	≥59	12
Gender	Male	34	0.7956
	Female	6
Tumor size	≥3 cm	29	0.0169*
	<3 cm	11
Vascular invasion	Yes	23	0.0395*
	No	17
AFP (ng/ml)	>200	16	0.3667
	≤200	24
HBsAg	Negative	6	0.4716
	Positive	34
Cirrhosis	Absent	11	0.3595
	Present	29
TNM stage	I-II	5	0.2056
	III-IV	35

Abbreviation: AFP, alpha-fetoprotein.

^*P < 0.05.