Table 1. Clinicopathological features of 155 HCC patients analysed.

Clinicopathological features	MDIGa		P value
	Score 0	Score 1
Age
<60	32	76	0.713
≥60	15	31
AFP (ng/mL)
≤20	17	37	0.880
>20	30	69
HBsAg
Negative	15	12	0.001*
Positive	29	93
HBsAb
Negative	40	97	0.141
Positive	3	2
HBeAg
Negative	34	87	0.128
Positive	9	11
HBeAb
Negative	29	49	0.042*
Positive	14	51
HBcAb
Negative	16	12	0.001*
Positive	27	87
Tumour size (cm)
≤5	19	55	0.126
>5	28	47
Histological grade
I, II	16	58	0.024*
III, IV	31	50
Intrahepatic metastasis
Absent	31	73	0.842
Present	16	35
Cirrhosis
Absent	6	8	0.285
Present	41	100

Abbreviations: AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; MDIG, MYC induced nuclear antigen

^aHCC case numbers

^aP value represents the probability from a Chi-square test for different immunohistochemical scores of MDIG in HCC tissues. * P<0.05.

Score 0 represents the expression intensity of MDIG was weakly immunostained. Score 1 denotes MDIG expression was strongly stained