Table 1.

The correlation of CD9 expression with clinicopathological parameters of HCC patients.

	Number of cases	Negative, weak	Moderate, strong	P value
Age (years)
> 60	18	14	4	>0.05
≤60	57	46	11
Gender
Male	62	50	12	>0.05
Female	13	10	3
Grading
I,II	64	50	14	>0.05
III,IV	11	10	1
Metastasis
M0	71	58	13	>0.05
M1	4	2	2
TNM Stage
I,II	45	32	13	0.018
III, IV	30	28	2