Table 1.

Correlation between AFAP1-SA1 expression and the clinicopathological features in HCC patients

Variables	AFAP1-SA1 expression level
	Low	High	P value
	n = 78	n = 78
Gender 0.495a
Female	6	3
Male	72	75
Age, y 0.423
≤51	41	36
>51	37	42
Liver cirrhosis 0.375
No	10	14
Yes	68	64
Tumor size 0.012
≤5 cm	64	50
>5 cm	14	28
Tumor number 0.598
Single	69	71
Multiple	9	7
Tumor envelope 0.1997
Yes	45	36
No	33	42
TNM stage 0.010
I	27	13
II/III	51	65
Preoperative AFP (ng/mL) 0.144
≤20	37	28
>20	41	50
Vascular invasion 0.035
No	52	38
Yes	26	40
ALT (units/L) 0.575
≤75	70	72
>75	8	6

ALT alanine aminotransferase, TNM tumor-node-metastasis,

^aFisher’s exact tests and Χ ² tests for all other analyses