Table 1.

The relationship between expression of HOXB7 and clinical characteristics of 77 HCC patients

Variable	Number	Expression of HOXB7		P value
		Low level	High level
Age (years)
< 50	45	24	21	0.777
≥ 50	32	16	16
Gender
Female	5	2	3	0.586
Male	72	38	34
Serum AFP level (ng/mL)
< 400	35	18	17	0.935
≥ 400	42	22	20
Tumor size(cm)
< 5	32	21	11	0.043*
≥ 5	45	19	26
Number of tumor
Single	17	12	5	0.083
Multiple	60	28	32
Differentiation
High	21	15	6	0.008**
Moderate	36	19	17
Low	20	6	14
Vascular invasion
-	32	22	10	0.012*
+	45	18	27
Tumor stage (TNM)
I/II	37	24	13	0.029*
III/IV	40	16	24

* P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 significant difference