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. 2020 Jul 13;2020:5417598. doi: 10.1155/2020/5417598

Table 3.

Correlation between serum level of lncRNAs HULC, MALAT1, and Linc00152 and clinicopathological characteristics in 129 HCC patients.

Features HULC MALAT1 Linc00152
Low (n = 65) High (n = 64) P Low (n = 65) High (n = 64) P Low (n = 65) High (n = 64) P
Gender 0.327 0.327 0.636
 Male 54 57 54 57 55 56
 Female 11 7 11 7 10 8
Age 0.333 0.333 0.801
 ≤55 24 29 24 29 26 27
 >55 41 35 41 35 39 37
HBsAg 0.270 0.314 0.796
 Positive 53 47 48 52 51 49
 Negative 12 17 17 12 14 15
AFP level 0.781 0.323 0.127
 ≤20 ng/mL 29 27 31 25 33 41
 >20 ng/mL 36 37 34 39 32 23
Tumor size 0.897 0.530 0.315
 ≤3 cm 21 20 19 22 18 23
 >3 cm 44 44 46 42 47 41
Tumor number 0.611 0.668 0.611
 Single 55 52 53 54 55 52
 Multiple 10 12 12 10 10 12
GGT (U/L) 80 (14-2000) 77 (13-1034) 0.944 80 (13-2000) 84 (14-1034) 0.265 61 (13-697) 98 (15-2000) 0.012
ALT (U/L) 40 (7-451) 37 (12-1198) 0.944 37 (7-621) 37.5 (12-1198) 0.929 34 (7-668) 40 (12-1198) 0.378
AST (U/L) 47 (17-577) 41 (17-1474) 0.901 38 (18-577) 51 (17-1474) 0.142 36 (17-577) 48 (17-1474) 0.077
TP (g/L) 69.5 (56.0-80.6) 68.3 (43.4-84.8) 0.376 68.8 (55.3-84.8) 68.3 (43.4-84.2) 0.232 68.4 (46.8-79) 68.7 (43.4-84.8) 0.644
ALB (g/L) 40.3 (23.9-48.9) 39.3 (21.4-48.6) 0.564 40.3 (23.8-48.9) 39.2 (21.4-47.7) 0.170 40.0 (23.9-47.2) 40.2 (21.4-48.9) 0.888

P < 0.05. AFP: alpha fetoprotein; GGT: gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartic transaminase; TP: total protein; ALB: albumin.