Table 1. The analysis of relationship between the relative expression level of miR-638 and clinicopathological feature in HCC.

Clinicopathological feature	Number of cases (n = 100)	miR-638 expression level		p value (chi-squared)
		High (31)	Low (69)
Age (years)				0.829
< 50	43	14	29
≥ 50	57	17	40
Gender				0.300
Women	22	9	13
Men	78	22	56
HBV				0.092
+	73	19	54
−	27	12	15
Cirrhosis				0.640
+	70	23	47
−	30	8	22
Tumor Size (cm)				0.016
≤ 5	37	17	20
> 5	63	14	49
AFP (ug/L)				0.108
≤ 20	33	14	19
> 20	67	17	50
TNM Stage				0.072
I + II	35	15	20
III + IV	65	16	49
Portal vein invasion				0.012
Yes	35	5	30
No	65	26	39
Lymph node metastasis				0.598
Yes	20	5	15
No	80	26	54