Table 3. Correlation between the status of Nek7 staining and clinico-pathological features in HCC patients.

Clinico-pathological feature		number	Mean expression of Nek7%	T-value	P-value
Age(year)	>50	192	86.6%	0.659	0.534
	≤50	12	82.8%
HBV infection	Present	154	81.8%	0.714	0.542
	Absent	50	83.5%
HCV infection	Present	18	80.7%	0.662	0.501
	Absent	186	81.5%
Tumor numbers	Solitary	106	71.7%	4.463	0.011
	Multiple	98	87.4%
Tumor diameter(cm)	>5	97	84.8%	3.246	0.029
	≤5	107	59.0%
Adjacent organs invasion	Present	105	83.6%	1.279	0.035
	Absent	99	67.8%
Portal vein invasion	Present	74	80.2%	0.465	0.613
	Absent	130	79.7%
AFP (ng/mL)	<200	69	86.4%	0.768	0.552
	≥200	135	84.9%
Child-Pugh	A	109	79.9%	0.691	0.602
	B	75	80.4%
	C	20	81.6%
TNM stage	I, II	154	72.7%	1.482	0.026
	III, IV	50	87.5%
Tumor grade	G1, G2	172	71.0%	1.506	0.019
	G3	32	84.6%