Table I.

Clinicopathological variables in 110 HCC patients.

		FoxP4 protein expression
Variables	No. (n=110)	Low (n=36)	High (n=74)	P-value
Sex
Male	64	18	46	0.225
Female	46	18	28
Age
≥40	78	25	53	0.814
<40	32	11	21
Tumor size
Large (≥2 cm)	62	14	48	0.010
Small (<2 cm)	48	22	26
Pathological grade
I–II	57	24	33	0.030
III–IV	53	12	41
Lymph node metastasis
Yes	58	14	44	0.043
No	52	22	30

HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma.