Table 1.

Correlative analysis of SORBS2 levels with clinicopathological features

Variable	SORBS2 expression		* P-value
	High expression	Low expression
All cases	44	58
Age (years)
> 60	9	11	1.000
≤ 60	35	47
Gender
Male	43	47	0.011
Female	1	11
HBs antigen
Positive	39	54	0.494
Negative	5	4
Liver function
Child A	39	53	1.000
Child B	5	5
AFP (μg/L)
> 20	26	40	0.403
≤ 20	18	18
Tumor size (cm)
> 5	21	25	0.691
≤ 5	23	33
Stage
I-II	37	37	0.026
III-IV	7	21
Tumor number
Single	36	47	1.000
Multiple	8	11
Differentiation
I-II	3	1	0.313
III-IV	41	57
Satellite nodules
Present	38	48	0.785
Absent	6	10
Recurrence
Present	27	27	0.164
Absent	17	31

^* P < 0.05 by χ² test.