Table 2.

Association among GLB, ALB and the clinical features in HCC patients.

Variable	GLB level(g/L)		P	ALB level(g/L)		P
	low	high		low	high
Sex			0.617			0.100
Male	124	49		118	55
Female	25	12		20	17
Age			0.812			0.614
≤60	110	46		101	55
>60	39	15		37	17
HbsAg			0.799			0.000
negative	19	7		2	24
positive	130	54		136	48
ALT (U/L)			0.948			0.028
≤45	113	46		98	61
>45	36	15		40	11
AFP (ng/ml)			0.001			0.000
≤13.6	67	12		36	43
>13.6	82	49		102	29
Cirrhosis			0.049			0.007
absent	41	9		25	25
present	108	52		113	47
Vascular invasion			0.148			0.954
absent	41	11		34	18
present	108	50		104	54
Tumor multiplicity			0.107			0.782
solitary	116	41		104	53
multiple	33	20		34	19
Tumor size (mm)			0.000			0.526
≤5	104	45		80	45
>5	21	40		58	27
Edmondson grade			0.000			0.000
I-II	109	9		62	56
III-IV	31	61		76	16