Table 1. Correlation between NKCC1 expression and clinical features in HCC.

Clinical features		Cases	NKCC1		Contingency coefficient	p value
			Negative	Positive
Gender	Male	51	16	35	0.163	0.175
	Female	16	8	8
Age	<60	51	19	32	0.053	0.662
	≥60	16	5	11
Tumor Differentiation	Poorly	26	5	21	0.266	0.024*
	Well, moderate	41	19	22
Microvascular tumor thrombus	Negative	42	19	23	0.247	0.037*
	Positive	25	5	20
Glypican-3	Negative	8	3	5	0.013	0.916
	Positive	59	21	38
Keratin 19	Negative	45	18	27	0.124	0.308
	Positive	22	6	16
Ki-67	Low (<20%)	48	19	29	0.092	0.455
	High (≥20%)	17	5	12

*p < 0.05 indicates a significant difference between NKCC1 expression and the clinical features, according to Chi-Square test.