Table 1. Correlation of HOTTIP expression with clinicopathological features of human HCC.

Variables	Tumor HOTTIP expression		Pa
	Low	High
Age			0.453
≤50 years	40	41
>50 years	41	33
Gender			0.063
Male	77	64
Female	4	10
PVTT			0.357
Absent	55	45
Present	26	29
Preoperative AFP level			0.892
≤400 ng/mL	37	33
>400 ng/mL	44	41
Histopathologic grading			0.142
Well + moderately	50	37
Poorly	31	37
Tumor size			0.105
≤5 cm	52	38
>5 cm	39	36
Tumor number			0.262
Single	39	29
Multiple	42	45

HCC patients receiving LT were segregated into HOTTIP-high/low expression groups (calculation of cut-off was performed by receiver operating characteristics analysis). ^a, statistical analyses were performed with the Chi-square test. HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; AFP, alpha-fetoprotein; PVTT, portal vein tumor thrombi.