Table 1. Correlation between the lncRNA CARLo-5 expression and clinicopathological feathers of HCC patients.

Characteristics	Patients number(n=87)	The CARLo-5 expression		p Value
		Low (n=42)	High (n=45)
Gender				0.945
Male	66	32	34
Female	21	10	11
Age				0.496
≤60	59	27	32
>60	28	15	13
Tumor size				0.001**
<5cm	44	29	15
>5cm	43	13	30
Histological grade				0.824
Well	37	18	19
moderately	29	15	14
poor	21	9	12
Vein invasion				0.561
No	49	25	24
Yes	38	17	21
AFP(ng/ml)				0.172
<400	29	17	12
>400	58	25	33
HBV infection				0.080
Yes	69	30	39
No	18	12	6
AJCC stage				0.004**
I-II	46	29	17
III-IV	41	13	28

**, P < 0.05.