Table 1. Correlation between CK2α expression and clinicopathological variables of 98 patients with HCC.

Clinicopathologic variable	CK2α expression			χ2	P
	N	Low	High
All cases	98	56	42
Age (years)				3.16	0.075
<50	51	34	17
≥50	47	23	24
Sex				0.015	0.901
Male	88	51	37
Female	10	6	4
Tumor size(cm)				1.478	0.224
<5	33	22	11
≥5	65	35	30
Histological grade				9.453	0.009a
Good	37	28	9
Moderate	28	16	12
Poor	33	13	20
Liver cirrhosis				1.781	0.182
No	26	18	8
Yes	72	39	33
HBV				0.115	0.735
Negative	13	7	6
Positive	85	50	35
AFP (ng/mL)				1.349	0.245
Negative (≤400)	53	28	25
Positive (>400)	45	29	16
Tumor capsule				1.087	0.297
Intact	32	21	11
Absent and not intact	66	36	30
Vascular				0.004	0.952
No	81	47	34
Yes	17	10	7
TNM stage)				7.365	0.007a
Stage I	54	38	16
Stage II and III	44	19	25
Distant metastasis				4.436	0.035a
No	77	49	28
Yes	21	8	13

AFP, alfa fetoprotein; HBV, hepatitis B virus.

^aP < 0.05.