Table 1. Correlation between the factors and clinicopathologic characteristics in 394 patients.

Clinical and pathological indexes		HOXB7
High	Low	P
Age (years)	>50	86	108
	≤50	95	105	0.528
Sex	Male	163	181
	Female	18	32	0.131
AFP (ng/ml)	>20	120	133
	≤20	61	80	0.426
HBsAg	Positive	153	170
	Negative	28	43	0.225
HCV	Positive	6	3
	Negative	175	210	0.312Δ
GGT (U/l)	>54	113	118
	≤54	68	95	0.158
ALT (U/l)	>75	18	19
	≤75	163	194	0.728
Liver cirrhosis	Yes	153	167
	No	28	46	0.121
Tumor size	>5	82	84
	≤5	99	129	0.240
Tumor number	Multiple	47	32
	Single	134	181	0.007
Vascular invasion	Yes	56	42
	No	125	171	0.010
Tumor encapsulation	None	78	85
	Complete	103	128	0.522
Satellite lesion	Yes	25	11
	No	202	156	0.003
Edmondson Stage	III-IV	73	62
	I-II	119	140	0.997
Child-Pugh Stage	B	6	13
	A	175	200	0.198
BCLC Stage	B+C	52	35
	0+A	129	178	0.003

Abbreviations: AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; GGT, gamma glutamyl transferase; BCLC, Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; HCV, hepatitis C virus;

^Δ Fisher's exact tests; Chi-square tests for all the other analyses.