Table 1.

Correlation of RAR$\gamma$ expression with patients’ clinicopathological variables in 56 cases of HCCC

Characteristics	All cases (N = 56)	RAR$\gamma$ expression (%)
		Low (n = 21)	High (n = 35)	$\mathit{\chi }$ 2 value	p value
Gender				0.221	0.639
Male	47	17	30
Female	9	4	5
Age (years)				1.026	0.311
≤ 50	15	4	11
> 50	41	17	24
Tumor size (cm)				5.265	0.022
≤ 3	8	5	3
> 3	48	11	37
Cirrhosis				0.076	0.783
Negative	28	10	18
Positive	28	11	17
HBV infection				0.327	0.567
Negative		4	9
Positive		17	26
Distant metastasis				8.443	0.004
No	26	15	11
Yes	30	6	24
TNM stage				8.310	0.004
I/II	41	20	21
III/IV	15	1	14
Differentiation				0.448	0.799
Well	6	3	3
Moderate	25	9	16
Poor	25	9	16