Table 2.
Correlation between KIF expression and clinicopathologic characteristics of HCC patients
| Characteristics KIFs | p value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| KIF2C | KIF4A | KIF10 | KIF11 | KIF14 | KIF18B | KIF20A | KIF23 | |
| Age (Years) | ||||||||
| ≤ 61 | 0.052 | 0.083 | 0.128 | 0.01* | 0.052 | 0.003* | 0.024* | 0.001* |
| > 61 | ||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 0.075 | 0.119 | 0.075 | 0.119 | 0.119 | 0.026* | 0.075 | 0.119 |
| Female | ||||||||
| Cirrhosis | ||||||||
| Free | 0.723 | 0.796 | 0.454 | 0.176 | 0.18 | 0.342 | 0.147 | 0.176 |
| Established | ||||||||
| Adjacent hepatic tissues inflammation | ||||||||
| None | 0.39 | 0.122 | 0.865 | 0.842 | 0.574 | 0.636 | 0.325 | 0.36 |
| Mild | ||||||||
| Severe | ||||||||
| AFP, ug/L | ||||||||
| ≤ 15 | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.001* | 0.001* |
| > 15 | ||||||||
| Vascular invasion | ||||||||
| None | 0.115 | 0.033* | 0.048* | 0.346 | 0.305 | 0.272 | 0.237 | 0.272 |
| Micro | ||||||||
AFP: α-fetoprotein.
represents statistically significant differences (p < 0.05).