Table 1.

Relationships between RBP2 protein expression in HCC tissues and clinicopathological variables.

Variables	Total	RBP2 expression
		Negative (n=36)	Positive (n=94)	χ2	P
Gender
Male	106	33	73	3.393	0.065
Female	24	3	21
Age at surgery (yeas)
≤60	90	24	66	0.154	0.695
>60	40	12	28
Tumor size (cm)
≤5	62	21	41	2.260	0.133
>5	68	15	53
HbsAg
Negative	19	5	14	0.021	0.885
Positive	111	31	80
Cirrhosis
No	10	2	8	0.320	0.572
Yes	120	34	86
Child-Pugh
A	124	36	88	2.409	0.121
B	6	0	6
AFP (ng/ml)
≤20	44	18	26	5.802	0.016
>20	86	18	68
Degree of differentiation
Well/moderate	71	35	36	36.463	0.000
Poor and not	59	1	58
TNM stage
I/II	99	32	67	4.446	0.035
III/IV	31	4	27