Table 1. Association of TINCR expression with clinicopathologic parameters.

Clinicopathologic parameters	n	TINCR expression		P-value
		Low	High
Total	248	138	110
Age				0.194
<55 years	133	74	59
≥55 years	115	64	51
Gender				0.764
Male	184	103	81
Female	64	35	29
ALT (U/l)				0.851
≤75	211	116	95
>75	37	22	15
AFP (ng/ml)				0.307
>20	157	81	76
≤20	91	57	34
Hepatitis history				0.772
Present	179	101	78
Absent	69	37	32
Vascular invasion				0.004
Present	69	29	40
Absent	179	109	70
Liver cirrhosis				0.861
Present	122	61	61
Absent	126	77	49
Tumor size (cm)				0.005
≤5	124	77	47
>5	124	61	63
Differentiation status				0.017
Well/Moderate	165	100	65
Poor-undifferentiated	83	38	45
TNM stage				0.010
I + II	159	97	62
III + IV	89	41	48
HbsAg				0.881
Present	44	23	21
Absent	204	115	89