Table 1.
Expression of ZHX2 and KDM2A in patients with HCC.
| Clinical characteristic | No. of cases | ZHX2 expression |
KDM2A expression |
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| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 14 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Male | 86 | 27 | 59 | 50 | 36 |
| P value | 0.4504 | 0.1461 | |||
| Age(year) | |||||
| ≤50 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 10 |
| >50 | 71 | 23 | 48 | 42 | 29 |
| P value | 0.4136 | 0.5539 | |||
| HBsAg | |||||
| positive | 83 | 23 | 80 | 56 | 27 |
| negative | 17 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
| P value | 0.0964 | 0.0034 | |||
| liver cirrhosis | |||||
| positive | 73 | 19 | 54 | 50 | 23 |
| negative | 27 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 16 |
| P value | 0.1540 | 0.0115 | |||
| AFP (ng/mL) | |||||
| ≤20 | 28 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 16 |
| >20 | 72 | 17 | 55 | 49 | 23 |
| P value | 0.0254 | 0.0204 | |||
| Pathologic stage | |||||
| Ⅰ | 20 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| Ⅱ | 42 | 11 | 31 | 24 | 18 |
| Ⅲ | 29 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 5 |
| Ⅳ | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| P value | 0.0052 | 0.0193 | |||
P values of dispersion of ZHX2 and KDM2A staining were studied by Chi-square test.