Table 1. Correlations between serum levels of linc-ITGB1 and clinicopathological data of HCC patients.

Items	Groups	Cases	High expression	Low expression	χ2	P-value
Gender	Male	47	22	25	0.46	0.5
	Female	33	18	15
Age (years)	>50	39	17	22	1.25	0.26
	<50	41	23	18
Primary tumor diameter (cm)	>5	45	31	14	14.68	0.0001
	≤5	35	9	26
Tumor distant metastasis	Yes	33	22	11	6.24	0.12
	No	47	18	29
AJCC stage	I–II	22	8	14	12.29	0.0005
	III–IV	58	32	26
Smoking	Yes	48	22	26	0.83	0.36
	No	32	18	14
Drinking	Yes	46	20	26	1.84	0.17
	No	34	20	14