Table 1. Correlation between p-PAK1 expression and patient characteristics.

Characteristic	Patients (n=119)		p-PAK1 expression		P-valuea
	Number	%	High (n=59)	Low (n=60)
Age (years)					0.634
≤60	51	42.9	24	27
>60	68	57.1	35	33
Gender					0.103
Male	74	62.2	41	33
Female	45	37.8	18	27
ECOG PS					0.506
0	50	42.0	23	27
≥1	69	58.0	36	33
Tumor size (cm)					<0.001
≤4	53	44.5	12	41
>4	66	55.5	47	19
TNM stage					<0.001
I	80	67.2	25	55
II	10	8.4	8	2
III	22	18.5	19	3
IV	7	5.9	7	0
Tumor thrombus					0.013
No	113	95.0	53	60
Yes	6	5.0	6	0
Fuhrman grade					0.002
1	42	35.3	17	24
2	52	43.7	21	31
3	20	16.8	15	5
4	5	4.2	6	0
Necrosis					0.001
Absent	55	46.2	18	37
Present	64	53.8	41	23

Abbreviations: p-PAK1, phospho-p21-activated kinase 1; ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status

T-test for continuous variables and χ² test or Fisher's exact test for categorical variables. Bold values indicate P<0.05

^aP<0.05 is considered statistically significant