Table 5. Correlations analysis between SKGs and the pathological stage and grade of HCC-A tumors.

Variable	Correlation with pathological stage (n = 61)		Correlation with pathological grade (n = 67)
	R	p value	R	p value
SLC22A10	−0.378	0.003**	−0.368	0.002**
CD5L	−0.333	0.009**	−0.160	0.196
UROC1	−0.320	0.012*	−0.346	0.004**
SPP2	−0.298	0.020*	−0.440	2.933E-7**
CSAG3	−0.162	0.211	0.289	0.018*
CSMD1	0.083	0.524	0.293	0.016*
MAGEA3	−0.062	0.635	0.138	0.266
IGF2	−0.032	0.806	−0.151	0.221
CSAG1	−0.025	0.850	0.214	0.082
MAGEA6	−0.006	0.963	0.204	0.099

Notes:

R, correlation coefficient; SKGs, special key genes.

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; p < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.