Table 1. Clinicopathological associations of LINC00161 expression in HCC patients.

	LINC00161 expression
Variable	High (n = 52)	Low (n = 52)	P-value
Ages (years)			0.88
< 50	20	23
≥ 50	32	29
Gender			0.96
Male	35	33
Female	17	19
Tumor size			0.22
< 5 cm	31	38
≥ 5 cm	21	14
Serum AFP (ng/l)			0.74
< 400	19	17
≥ 400	33	35
Lymph node metastasis			0.24
No	21	24
Yes	31	28
Alcohol abuse			0.99
No	26	25
Yes	26	27
Tumor grade			0.0012
G1	13	26
G2	18	16
G3	21	10