Table 1.

Correlation between CCAT1 expression and clinicopathological characteristics of HCC patients (n = 86)

Characteristics	All patients	CCAT1 low expression (< Mediana)	CCAT1 high expression (≥ Mediana)	P value Chi-squared test
No.	86	43	43
Age (years)				0.194
< 60	67	31	36
≥ 60	19	12	7
Gender				0.417
Male	69	36	33
Female	17	7	10
HbeAg				0.820
Negative	29	14	15
Positive	57	29	28
Cirrhosis				0.639
Absent	26	12	14
Present	60	31	29
ALT (U/L)				0.514
≤ 45	49	23	26
> 45	37	20	17
AFP (ng/ml)				0.763
≤ 13.6	13	6	7
> 13.6	73	37	36
Tumor size (cm)				0.004*
≤ 5	31	22	9
> 5	55	21	34
Vascular invasion				0.725
Absent	77	38	39
Present	9	5	4
Edmondson grade				0.000*
I+II	62	39	23
III+IV	24	4	20

^aThe median expression level of CCAT1 was used as the cutoff.

^*Indicates P value < 0.05.