Table 1.

Correlation between TMPO‐AS1 Expression and Clinical Features of hepatocellular carcinoma. (n = 48)

Variable	TMPO‐AS1 Expression		P‐value
	Low	High
Age
<55	5	8	.517
≥55	19	16
Gender
Male	10	12	.772
Female	14	12
Tumor size
<3	15	5	.008**
≥3	9	19
Lymphatic metastasis
No	13	4	.015*
Yes	11	20
TNM
I‐II	12	1	.0007***
III‐IV	12	23

Low/high by the sample median. Pearson χ² test. ^* P < .05, ^** P < .01, ^*** P < .001 was considered to be statistically significant.