Table 2. Correlation analysis of clinicopathological characteristics and eIF5A2 expression.

Spearman's rank correlation coefficient		eIF5A2 expression in HCC tissues(cytoplasmic)	eIF5A2 expression in adjacent tissues(cytoplasmic)	eIF5A2 expression in HCC tissues(intranuclear)	eIF5A2 expression in adjacent tissues(intranuclear)	Gender	Age	Pathologial grade	Tumor size	T stage	Nodemetastasis	Distant metastasis	TNM staging
eIF5A2 expression in HCC tissues (cytoplasmic)	Correlation coefficient	1.000	.145	.288**	−.129	−.008	.122	.210*	.044	.022	−.024	.124	.009
	Sig.2-tailed	.	.174	.006	.235	.941	.256	.047	.683	.844	.832	.265	.934
	N	90	90	90	87	90	89	90	89	82	82	83	82
eIF5A2 expression in adjacent tissues (cytoplasmic)	Correlation coefficient	.145	1.000	−.068	.005	−.249*	.154	.129	.125	.193	.155	−.167	.172
	Sig.2-tailed	.174	.	.524	.960	.018	.149	.226	.243	.082	.163	.132	.121
	N	90	90	90	87	90	89	90	89	82	82	83	82
eIF5A2 expression in HCC tissues (intranuclear)	Correlation coefficient	.288**	−.068	1.000	.142	−.116	.122	.054	.058	−.082	.117	−.065	−.057
	Sig.2-tailed	.006	.524	.	.189	.277	.255	.611	.590	.461	.293	.557	.609
	N	90	90	90	87	90	89	90	89	82	82	83	82
eIF5A2 expression in adjacent tissues (intranuclear)	Correlation coefficient	−.129	.005	.142	1.000	−.060	.117	−.148	−.214*	−.102	−.022	−.022	−.101
	Sig.2-tailed	.235	.960	.189	.	.580	.284	.172	.048	.370	.845	.846	.375
	N	87	87	87	87	87	86	87	86	80	80	81	80
Gender	Correlation coefficient	−.008	−.249*	−.116	−.060	1.000	.086	−.100	−.154	−.079	−.037	−.036	−.077
	Sig.2-tailed	.941	.018	.277	.580	.	.424	.349	.148	.479	.745	.746	.493
	N	90	90	90	87	90	89	90	89	82	82	83	82
Age	Correlation coefficient	.122	.154	.122	.117	.086	1.00	−.022	−.188	−.074	.298**	−.041	−.034
	Sig.2-tailed	.256	.149	.255	.284	.424	.	.841	.079	.511	.007	.712	.762
	N	89	89	89	86	89	89	89	88	81	81	82	81
Pathological grade	Correlation coefficient	.210*	.129	.054	−.148	−.100	−.022	1.000	.209*	.209	−.082	.151	.197
	Sig.2-tailed	.047	.226	.611	.172	.349	.841	.	.049	.059	.463	.174	.077
	N	90	90	90	87	90	89	90	89	82	82	83	82
Tumor size	Correlation coefficient	.044	.125	.058	−.214*	−.154	−.188	.209*	1.000	.684**	.100	.101	.684**
	Sig.2-tailed	.683	.243	.590	.048	.148	.079	.049	.	.000	.374	.368	.000
	N	89	89	89	86	89	88	89	89	81	81	82	81
T stage	Correlation coefficient	.022	.193	−.082	−.102	−.079	−.074	.209	.684**	1.000	.094	.094	.972**
	Sig.2-tailed	.844	.082	.461	.370	.479	.511	.059	.000	.	.399	.399	.000
	N	82	82	82	80	82	81	82	81	82	82	82	82
Node Metastasis	Correlation coefficient	−.024	.155	.117	−.022	−.037	.298**	−.082	.100	.094	1.000	−.012	.205
	Sig.2-tailed	.832	.163	.293	.845	.745	.007	.463	.374	.399	.	.912	.064
	N	82	82	82	80	82	81	82	81	82	82	82	82
Distant metastasis	Correlation coefficient	.124	−.167	−.065	−.022	−.036	−.041	.151	.101	.094	−.012	1.000	.205
	Sig.2-tailed	.265	.132	.557	.846	.746	.712	.174	.368	.399	.912	.	.064
	N	83	83	83	81	83	82	83	82	82	82	83	82
TNM staging	Correlation coefficient	.009	.172	−.057	−.101	−.077	−.034	.197	.684**	.972**	.205	.205	1.000
	Sig.2-tailed	.934	.121	.609	.375	.493	.762	.077	.000	.000	.064	.064	.
	N	82	82	82	80	82	81	82	81	82	82	82	82