Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of enrolled HCC patients.

Variable	Cases (n=119)	USP7 protein level		P value
		High (n=64)	Low (n=55)
Age (years)				0.720
≤51.0	67	37	30
>51.0	52	27	25
Gender				0.504
Female	27	13	14
Male	92	51	41
Tumor number				0.001*
Single	75	32	43
Multiple	44	22	12
Tumor diameter				0.001*
≤5.0	50	18	32
>5.0	69	46	23
TNM stage				0.001*
I–II	46	16	30
III–IV	73	48	25

^*Indicates P<0.05 by Chi-square test.