Table 1. Correlation between Barx1, MMP9 and MGAT5 expression and clinicopathological characteristics in 315 HCC tissues.

		Tumor Barx1 expression			Tumor MMP9 expression			Tumor MGAT5 expression
		Low	High	P Value	Low	High	P Value	Low	High	P Value
		(n=198)	(n=117)		(n=133)	(n=182)		(n=119)	(n=196)
Age(year)	<60	128	80	0.499	93	115	0.212	85	123	0.115
	≥60	70	37		40	67		34	73
Sex	Female	29	23	0.247	27	25	0.121	25	27	0.094
	Male	169	94		106	157		94	169
Serum AFP(ng/ml)	<20	52	33	0.707	40	45	0.291	37	48	0.201
	≥20	146	84		93	137		82	148
HBV	Yes	173	101	0.789	118	156	0.433	107	167	0.228
	No	25	16		15	26		12	29
Cirrhosis	Present	168	104	0.313	113	159	0.54	100	172	0.351
	Absent	30	13		20	23		19	24
Tumor No.	Single	172	98	0.023*	103	157	0.256	91	169	0.027*
	Multiple	26	29		30	25		28	27
Tumor Size(cm)	<5	59	53	0.005*	58	54	0.011*	59	53	0.000*
	≥5	139	64		75	128		60	143
Tumor differentiation	I-II	139	102	0.001*	90	151	0.002*	103	138	0.001*
	III-IV	59	15		43	31		16	58
TNM stage	I-II	61	59	0.001*	41	79	0.023*	58	62	0.002*
	III	137	58		92	103		61	134

Abbreviation: AFP, αlpha-fetoprotein; HBV, hepatitis B virus

*P<0.05.