Table 3.

Statistical analysis of ploidies and sizes of CTC in liver cancer patients with stage I & II and III & IV.

	Stage		Statistical analysis
Phenotypes	I & II	III & IV
Triploidy	2.1 ± 0.48	2.3 ± 0.66	P > 0.05
Tetraploidy	0.7 ± 0.19	1.6 ± 0.58	P > 0.05
Polyploidy	2.4 ± 0.55	2.6 ± 0.91	P < 0.05
Small CTCs	3.4 ± 0.66	3.3 ± 1.17	P < 0.05
Big CTCs	1.8 ± 0.40	2.5 ± 1.00	P > 0.05
Total CTCs	5.3 ± 0.89	6.5 ± 1.51	P > 0.05
	Stage I vs II		Stage III vs IV
Triploidy & Tetraploidy	P < 0.05		P > 0.05
Triploidy & Polyploidy	P > 0.05		P > 0.05
Tetraploidy & Polyploidy	P < 0.05		P > 0.05
Small CTCs & Big CTCs	P > 0.05		P > 0.05