Table 1.

Correlation of vascular pattern types with patient's clinicopathologic features in HCCs.

Clinicopathological Variables		Case Number (n=168)	Vascular Pattern Types			P Value
			VETC- (n=124)	VETC+ (n=10)	VETC± (n=34)
Age			51.15±12.8	49.80±14.4	51.21±13.1	0.661
Sex	Female	32	24	3	5	0.526
	male	136	100	7	29
Serum AFP	≤20ng/mL	43	31	2	8	>0.999
	>20ng/mL	125	91	8	26
HBsAg	Negative	19	13	2	4	0.507
	Positive	149	109	8	28
Cirrhosis	Absent	40	29	4	7	0.442
	Present	128	95	6	27
Tumor size	≤5cm	70	59	2	9	0.030*
	>5cm	98	65	8	25
Vascular invasion	Absent	117	93	6	18	0.031*
	Present	51	31	4	16
Tumor encapsulation	Absent	78	50	6	22	0.028*
	Present	90	74	4	12
Tumor differentiation	I-II	110	91	6	13	0.001*
	III-IV	58	33	4	21
TNM stage	I-II	63	54	2	7	0.028*
	III-IV	105	70	8	27

Abbreviations: AFP, α-fetoprotein; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; TNM, tumor-lymph node-metastasis. * P<0.05.