Table 3.
Variable | P value | |
---|---|---|
CTCs' Positivity Rate | CTCs number | |
Age | 0.348a | 0.074b |
Sex | 1.000a | 0.974b |
Etiology | 0.796c | 0.903c |
Child-Pugh class | 0.334c | 0.340c |
AFP | 0.079c | 0.309d |
Tumor number | 0.339a | 0.098b |
Portal vein thrombus | 0.006a | 0.000b |
Tumor size (cm) | 0.018c | 0.005c |
TNM stagee | 0.004c | 0.000c |
Abbreviation: NS, not significant.
a P values from Fisher's exact test.
b P values from the Mann-Whitney test
c P values from Spearman rank correlation analysis.
d P values from Kruskal-Wallis test
e Sixth edition of UICC TNM staging system of HCC (2002).