Table 1.

Correlation of clinico-pathological features with UBQLN4 expression in ZZU HCC cohort

Variables	Clinicopathological features	UBQLN4 expression		p-value
		Low expression (n = 162)	High expression (n = 179)
Age (years)	≤ 50	54	72	0.188
	> 50	108	107
Gender	Male	125	140	0.816
	Female	37	39
Pathogenesis	Virus	116	139	0.199
	Others	46	40
Cirrhosis	Absent	147	168	0.279
	Present	15	11
Tumor size (cm)	≤ 5	93	79	0.014
	> 5	100	69
Vascular invasion	Absent	138	131	0.006
	Present	24	48
TNM stage	Stage I and II	135	128	0.009
	Stage III and IV	27	51
AFP	≤ 20	87	79	0.077
	> 20	75	100
Tumor multiplicity	Single	87	72	0.012
	Multiple	75	107
State	Live	120	110	0.013
	Dead	42	69

Italics values indicate statistical significance, p < 0.05