Table 1.

Correlation of TROAP expression with clinicopathological features in HCC

Characteristics	Cases	TROAP expression		p value
		High expression (n=57)	Low expression (n=51)
Gender				0.328
Female	10	7	3
Male	98	50	48
Age, years				0.568
<=50	56	28	28
>50	52	29	23
HBsAg				0.999
Negative	10	5	5
Positive	98	52	46
Serum AFP, ug/l				0.011*
<=200	64	27	37
>200	44	30	14
Tumor Number				0.011*
Single	83	38	45
Multiple	25	19	6
Tumor Size, cm				0.004*
<=5	71	30	41
>5	37	27	10
Vascular invasion				0.055
No	21	7	14
Yes	87	50	37
Liver cirrhosis				0.842
Absent	37	19	18
Present	71	38	33
Differentiation grade				0.000*
I/II	50	22	38
III/IV	48	35	13
Cancer embolus
No	97	46	50	0.005*
Yes	12	11	1

The data are reported as number. P-value were obtained from the chi-square test.