Table 1.

Relationship between the expression of lncRNA‐AK002107 and clinicopathological characteristics. AFP, alpha fetoprotein; HBsAg, Hepatitis B surface antigen. The categorical parameters were compared with the chi‐square test or Fisher's exact test and analysis of variance as appropriate

Category	Subcategory	Cases	lncRNA‐AK002107 expression		P‐value
			Low (n = 39)	High (n = 61)
Gender	Male	94	35	59	0.152
	Female	6	4	2
Age (years)	≤ 50	50	16	34	0.151
	< 50	50	23	27
HBsAg	Positive	92	36	56	0.928
	Negative	8	3	5
Child‐Pugh stage	A	63	25	38	< 0.001**
	B	32	10	22
	C	5	4	1
Preoperative tumor therapy	Yes	44	16	28	0.632
	No	56	23	33
AFP (ng·mL−1)	≤ 400	60	31	29	0.001**
	> 400	40	8	32
Size of largest tumor (cm)	≤ 5	52	28	24	< 0.001**
	5–8	19	4	15
	> 8	29	7	22
Tumor number	≤ 3	80	30	50	0.539
	> 3	20	9	11
Edmonson grading	I–II	70	30	40	0.227
	III–IV	30	9	21
Macrovascular invasion	Yes	25	1	24	< 0.001**
	No	75	38	37
Microvascular invasion	Yes	19	3	16
	No	81	35	46	0.027*

^* P < 0.05; ^** P 0.01.