Table 1.

Correlation of the expression of E2F1 and IQGAP3 with clinicopathological features in HCC

	Cases	E2F1 expression			IQGAP3 expression
		Low cases	High cases	P Value	Low cases	High cases	P Value
	164	107	57		118	46
Gender				0.6856			0.7207
Male	123	78	45		86	37
Female	41	29	12		32	9
Age				0.5327			0.1644
<60	93	61	32		65	28
≥60	71	46	25		53	18
Tumor size				0.3544			0.0327*
<5 cm	65	45	20		51	14
≥5 cm	99	62	37		67	32
AFP				0.9651			0.4262
≤20 U/L	56	36	20		37	19
>20 U/L	108	71	37		81	27
HBsAg				0.1364			0.0245*
Positive	147	99	48		110	37
Negative	17	8	9		8	9
Liver cirrhosis				0.1339			0.2842
Yes	121	84	37		92	29
No	43	23	20		26	17
TNM				0.2958			0.2252
I/II	69	48	21		52	17
III/IV	95	59	36		66	29
Edmondson stage				0.0522			0.3273
I/II	86	63	23		67	19
III/IV	78	44	34		51	27
Intrahepatic metastasis				0.0428*			0.0306*
Yes	51	31	20		35	16
No	113	76	37		83	30
Distant metastasis				0.0065*			0.0014*
Yes	39	18	21		20	19
No	125	89	36		98	27

AFP: alpha-fetoprotein;

^* P<0.05.