Table 2.

Relationship between MTDH expression and clinicopathological variables of HCC from clinical samples in house

Variables	Category	Total	N of positive Cases	Percentage	χ2	P value
Gender	Female	17	8	47.1	0.901	0.342
	Male	72	43	59.7
Age	<50	46	26	56.5	0.024	0.877
	≥50	43	25	58.1
Pathological grade	I-II	19	7	36.8	4.134	0.042
	III-IV	70	44	62.9
Grade of differentiation	High	6	2	33.3	1.906a	0.386a
	Median	57	35	61.4
	Low	26	14	53.8
Liver cirrhosis	No	46	27	58.7	0.075	0.784
	Yes	43	24	55.8
Tumor size (cm)	<5	15	11	73.3	1.895	0.169
	≥5	74	40	54.1
Distant metastasis	No	43	19	44.2	5.851	0.016
	Yes	46	32	69.6
AFP	Negative	54	31	57.4	0.026	0.872
	Positive	35	20	57.1
HCV	Negative	60	34	56.7	0.031	0.861
	Positive	29	17	58.6
HBV	Negative	16	13	81.3	81.3	0.032
	Positive	73	38	52.1

^aKruskal-Wallis H test was used to assess the correlation between MTDH expression and pathological grade.

The association between MTDH and other clinical variables were performed with χ² tests.