Table 1.

Correlation between PLCB1 expression and clinicopathologic parameters of HCC

Parameters	Case number	PLCB1 expression		χ2	P-value
		Low	High
Overall	141	61	80
Sex
Male	126	54	72	0.079	0.778
Female	15	7	8
Age (years)
<60	108	46	62	0.084	0.771
≥60	33	15	18
Tumor size (cm)
<5	77	37	40	1.585	0.208
≥5	64	24	40
Cirrhosis
Yes	89	38	51	0.031	0.859
No	52	23	29
Tumor differentiation
Well	16	7	9	1.873	0.392
Moderate	102	47	55
Poor	23	7	16
Clinical stage (T stage)
I	22	15	7	6.69	0.0352*
II	47	19	28
III+IV	72	27	45

Note:

^*P<0.05.

Abbreviations: HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; PLCB1, phospholipase C, β1.